Many years ago, the FAMILY section inaugurated a column of occasional stories depicting the positive, upbeat, inspirational side of life in Yerushalayim, which was -- and still is -- called "Urei Betuv Yerusholayim." We would like to extend this idea to include another aspect of seeing the good -- seeing the good in the so-called simple folk, those proverbial `pomegranate seeds' with which our people's Family Tree is filled.

Lucky Break
by Rosally Saltsman

I'm clumsy.

This may be due to a lack of natural grace and agility, but is more a combination of impatience and lack of perfectionism in certain areas. Domesticity (read: housekeeping) is one of those imperfect areas in my life. This means that dishes and the like are not stacked neatly in piles in my kitchen cupboards but are rather haphazardly hanging over the dish rack or are at precarious spots on the kitchen counter.

COMMUNICATIONS
by Rabbi Shlomo Kory

After eliciting [recognizing and pinpointing] your values or someone else's values, you will notice that they will either be moving towards or moving away from their values -- or both.

LETTERS

Back to the Shidduch season. I'd like to throw out an idea:

Chazal teach that whoever builds a bayis ne'eman and helps establish a Jewish home, is considered to have rebuilt one of the ruins of Yerusholayim and brought the Redemption that much closer.

NOSTALGIA
Who Says What?
by Yisca Shimony

It was Thursday, and I had had a very busy day; my feet were hurting terribly. I was expecting guests for Shabbos and in my little kitchen, it seemed harder than ever to cook, and clean up the mess afterwards. In my eyes, any small dish made the place look more cluttered. I reached a point where I had to take a break.