I had become a firm believer in the maxim: “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” And then eveything changed.

I am working on taking Him with me wherever I go and to make Him relevant in every part of my life, even the mundane parts.

In this world, we cannot attain absolute perfection, absolute truth, or absolute good. What is required of us is an incredibly difficult form of existence. We must live continually with partial truth, which stems from compromise.

Sometimes it’s just a camel when it’s supposed to be a cow. A non-kosher offering to a pagan god.

Novelty has given way to boredom. Excitement to anxiety. It’s become the staycation that never ends. How can I feel joy during this Festival of Lights when I’m home alone again?

I will never forget that night, five years ago, when my husband and I almost died. It was an event of pure terror coupled with the deepest faith in G-d. Even now, so many years later, tears come to my[…]

He rarely experienced kindness from strangers, and the little menorah had brought so much light to his life. Perhaps, he thought, they could help him.

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