Oneg Shabbos
They’d waited years to be blessed with a child. Would their deal with G-d be wiped away minutes after it was fulfilled?
Double Take
Logically we knew it shouldn’t matter — even if Tziporah’s parents viewed us as failures, it wasn’t true. But emotionally it was too much to handle
Normal Like Me
No one in the village knew just what a mobile network was, but it was something bad, that much was clear
EndNote
“From the feedback I received on this song, the message — not fretting over what was and just moving on — went straight to the heart of a lot of people”
LifeTakes
I wouldn’t really do that. I know I wouldn’t. It was just a fleeting thought that I shoved aside because I am so incredibly curious
On the House
For a moment, Binyamin thought wistfully of the fair-haired little nephew he hardly knew. Could he ever love him the way he loved Mimi’s kids?
Map the Starlight
“If their menfolk are lost in the ocean’s waves, then these women will curse you and your luck will fail, and most likely your fortune too”
Musings
I see it in the drunk boys, the girls with caked-on makeup, both desperate for attention, searching, wondering, yearning for something they themselves are unsure of
Family Tempo
The contractor made it very clear that this was a dumb idea. “You can’t fix a roof in the rain,” he declared
Change of Heart
I didn’t want to do it in fear. I wanted to do it with trust. The ride of my life
