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The true tests are not when ideals are pitting against fleeting desires. It’s when ideals are pitted against ideals

So often, our emotions are a confusing cocktail. The joy of Yom Tov can be merged with tension, frustration, loneliness, or resentment.

Some wonderful news: Batya Burd, whom we featured twice after the petirah of her husband, is a kallah! I’m sure you all join me in wishing her a huge, heartfelt mazel tov.

Yirmiyahu’s Jerusalem is a mother, like me. But she hasn’t spent the past few hours holding, nurturing, or comforting her children. Her children are gone