Voices: Kaddish at Fenway By Nechemia Schusterman During the second inning a fellow walks over to where the four of us were sitting and asks if we'd join a minyan...
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Voices: Walking Mom Home By Miriam Millhauser Castle We were talking in such a matter-of-fact way about something so enormous. My mother was dying...
Women on the Parshah: Being Kosher By Nechoma Greisman In a sense, we are also animals. But there are two "signs" that can make us kosher, and even holy...
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Walking Mom Home There was no way I was going to be able to deal with the totality of the situation all at once. I couldn't come to grips with the loss while she was still here. That was too much to ask of myself. I had to stay in the moment, to appreciate every second I still had with her. There would be time later, when it was reality, to face the loss...
Avoid the Happiness Cops I'm all for happiness, but to be fully human means to be able to acknowledge and express the full range of emotions which G‑d gave us.
Too Nice to Say "No" In all the parenting books I read, they speak about setting limits and boundaries. But I am just such a softie, that when my kids start to cry and plead with me, I usually give in. Is there anything really wrong with saying "yes" all the time?
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