The Blessing of Bread
Taking challah is practical, material — and a spiritual tether
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Taking challah is practical, material — and a spiritual tether
The Three Weeks is a time to strive to bring back the focus, the love, the desire for connection with Hashem
Bittul zeman, wasting time, killing time, is, in essence, a rejection of G-d’s greatest gift to us: time
As we stood at Har Sinai, we saw the thunder, heard the lightning. The lightning fades, but the sudden burst of clarity takes you forward. Six women share a moment that illuminated their path Girls in the seventh grade are usually busy with hairstyles and shoes and homework. In whispered conversations with classmates they might ponder the shidduch date they aren’t supposed to know their brother is on, and whether or not their teacher is expecting. I, on the other hand, was a tomboy busy with hockey and softball and homework. In whispered conversations with classmates we pondered the Abomina...