Month: October 2010

As I write this, I should be at a funeral. RifkA bat Yishaya died Friday morning. I have watched, read (Coffee and Chemo) and listened […]

Every once in a while (perhaps more often than I let myself believe), I take the liberty of writing not just as a soldier’s mother, […]

Every once in a while (perhaps more often than I let myself believe), I take the liberty of writing not just as a soldier’s mother, […]

Shmulik was on base this Shabbat. His task was rather boring, hours of guard duty. I thought of him as I stood in the synagogue […]

I have an interesting relationship with God and prayer. Well, that’s a funny sentence. There is a Jewish custom to say Tehillim (Psalms) in times […]

A Song of Ascents. – Psalms 121I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?My help cometh from the […]

Someone posted this quote to Facebook today – the wisdom…the incredible wisdom of these words stands the test of time: “Israel was not created in […]

I couldn’t resist that title – this one’s for Chaim. The “Protectzia” worked – Chaim was able to go visit his family in the United […]

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