Dearest Friends, It is with a heavy heart that I write this time. Maybe heavy is not exactly right...
Pre-Yom Kippur Musings
What Does It Truly Mean To Be A Baal Teshuva?
The term “baal teshuva” roughly translates, from Hebrew, to “master of repentance.” The term refers...
My Crown; The Story That Got Over 500 Likes
I wasn’t always frum. I didn’t always eat kosher. I didn’t always dress tznius. Growing up, I...
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Dearest Friends, It is with a heavy heart that I write this time. Maybe heavy is not exactly right. Heavy in the sense that it has not moved much in the last...
The term “baal teshuva” roughly translates, from Hebrew, to “master of repentance.” The term refers to a goal, not our actual state, rather, the asymptote we...
I wasn’t always frum. I didn’t always eat kosher. I didn’t always dress tznius. Growing up, I had my favorite pair of jeans and loved the McDonald’s double...
On Tisha B’Av, at Mincha, the prayer which we recite for Rebuilding Jerusalem (V’LeYerushalayim Ircha) is different than on any other day. The following...
I had the great experience recently, Going to a busy mikva in Winter, in my backwards country. No light, or electricity was there, inside. But outside, other...
About a year ago my friend was on the Long Island Railroad sitting behind a group of five young religious women who were talking and she heard one of them...
In 1983, my Aunt took me to an all-women’s minyan. Had my traditional parents known about it beforehand they probably would not have let me go. But I was...
This week’s parasha is probably most well known for the enigma it presents: the laws of the Parah Aduma, the red heifer. This heifer is completely red...
Well, no, I didn’t have to stare my burglar in the face as he left my home with my stuff. Thank God. That would be petrifying. But I’m going to...
Though being a Yoetzet can sometimes be challenging, there are so many things I love about it. Here are my top 10: The ability to take something that was...