So my husband and the kids were away this shabbos and I decided to check out the "egalitarian" shul in our neighborhood ( Read more... )

Repeat after me. He is exalted and His name is Holy and all believe that He is the faithful God and may He bring our exiled from distant lands up to His holy mountain and we shall ever glorify Him in the shrine of His sanctuary for having remembered His sacred promise, O holy one. He is mighty and awesome. He spoke and it came to be. His ( Read more... )

I don't have a lot of time to write because finals are coming up already and I have to worry about evidence and business associations exams.

But I just wanted to let you feministishe ladies know that Rav Moshe Feinstein thought you are just as good as any man. in fact, he says here that "to think that women somehow are considered less than men is ( Read more... )

 There are so many elements of Judaism that are designed to make us happier people. All of davening is supposed to teach us gratitude and bitachon.  Every bracha is supposed to teach appreciation for what we have. So many holidays are dedicated to remembering the good things that God has done for us and continues to do for us. There is even a ( Read more... )

Simchas Torah was okay. Here are the recaps.

The good part: When two ladies and I sneaked a bottle of Skyy from the community meal and did our own version of hakafos in the main shul, dancing around the bima and singing old camp songs. It was a little glimpse of what things could have been like, had I been born with the right body parts.

The bad ( Read more... )

 
A  good friend of mine was in a car accident with her children. I hope to God she is not reading this. 
It was a serious highway accident in which her car rolled over and her kids were injured. Broken bones, cuts and bruises, one needed surgery. They are now fine, thank God, recovering from this ordeal at home.

Her husband was not in the car with ( Read more... )

 I'm going to try to make this post deliberately vague to protect the identities involved.

In a recent women's periodical geared towards the orthodox female, a brief letter was published entitled, "Tznius and Inner Clarity". In this letter, the author urges frum women to provide dress guidelines for their "not-yet religious" female guests or give ( Read more... )