Who is Counting? Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS So, there’s this diet, 30 in 30. Supposedly it means, you lose 30 lbs. in thirty days, which does not sound that easy to believe. Except, I just did it. That’s right friends, I bet some of you out there did it too.…
Category: Lectures
Book Review: Flowers in the Desert
BOOK REVIEW: FLOWERS IN THE DESERT Author: Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky Review by: Suri Davis I placed a new coffe table book in my home right before the holidays, and figured in between my preparing meals, I would sit with it and read it. I had to fight for the book. It turned out to…
A Bissel Torah: Bereishit All Over Again
A BISSEL TORAH: BEREISHIT ALL OVER AGAIN By: Suri Davis Aspirations. When each of the 12 tribes were born, they were named as follows: Reuben “because G-d saw my affliction, for now my husband will love me; Simon “because G-d has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this one also; Levi:…
Slovie: Creating Mental Strength: The Power to Endure
Creating Mental Strength: The Power to Endure Despite Life’s Challenges Sep 20, 2018 | by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff When you want to work your muscles you go to the gym. It takes sweat, time and endurance but eventually you start seeing change. You feel better and have more stamina. What about our mind? Emotional stamina takes us through those…
A BISSEL TORAH: VAYELECH: IT’S ALL GOOD: POWER AND SERENA WILLIAMS
A BISSEL TORAH: VAYELECH: IT’S ALL GOOD: POWER AND SERENA WILLIAMS By: Suri Davis How would you feel giving the keys of a brand new Bentley to your 16 year old son, knowing that the very next day he would trash it, and be hurt? When my two year old gashed his chin and…
Rosh Hashana: Let’s Make a Deal
ROSH HASHANAH: LET’S MAKE A DEAL Suri Davis Many years ago, a friend told me something that I keep in my back pocket: “Don’t compare your insides to other people’s outsides, i.e., we put our best foot forward when we leave our homes, and we look at others and imagine that they have a…
Ki Tavo: Wedding, Wedding and a Triple
Ki Tavo: Wedding, Wedding and a Triple By: Suri Davis I was zocheh to attend three weddings this week of dear friends. Yehudah Furst, son of Tzippy and Elie Furst in Baltimore, MD. Tess Barbanel to Yosef Meir Rubel, children of Lewis and Lauri Barbanel and Shuly and Alan Rubel. And IYH tonight, the…
Can You Beat the System
Can You Beat the System? Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS It never fails. You have a really big day tomorrow, and sleep alludes you! You stay in bed turning and twisting but sleep just looms somewhere in the distance. And if that’s not challenging enough, once you do fall…
Twin Enemies and the Trophy
TWIN ENEMIES AND THE TROPHY By: Suri Davis I am not a social worker or psychologist, I am a mother. I want to share with you an experience that happened several years ago with one of my children, which is relevant to back to school parenting. Twin enemies are fear and anxiety. The unknown. …
Special Boy Waiting for Shabbos
The Non-Verbal Autistic Boy who Can’t Wait for Shabbat by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff Rojeh’s desire for spiritual connection should be an inspiration for us all. Rojeh, 11, is autistic and non-verbal. It is very difficult for him to express himself. His mother, Yael, studies with me. She attends every class, sits in the front row and her…