Adaptive childhood responses backfire in adulthood
As a general rule, the mitzvah of honoring one’s parents doesn’t require children to pay any money toward the performance of the mitzvah
I’m trying to be calm. “Just a reminder I need to leave at three thirty,” I say in my most “I’m a professional” voice
“I’m hoping women who feel the way I do about list-making won’t make the mistake of listening to the organizational gurus over their inner voice”
Whether you’re in the front of the shul or the back. Hashem doesn’t care, so neither should we
A yahrtzeit tribute, three years later
“Please check on the patient in Room 5,” the nurse repeated, and I was strangely irritated by her clinical tone
Five major storylines could carry the day in the six months that remain before the November 5 election
“Everyone is buying new shirts for the play!” says my nothing-if-not-persistent daughter
This is a different type of bagel with a sweet coating and honey syrup. It’s delicious as is, warm and fragrant, or smeared with butter and jam.
Why did it seem like everyone else in the world was living up married life, and Estee was… vacuuming?