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HOME & FAMILY This is the Child I Prayed ForA personal story as told to R. Chadshai Chana beseeched Hashem, "Of all the millions of things You have created in Your world, could You not spare me one son?" We are told that on Rosh Hashona, Hashem remembers barren women. Sora Imeinu and Rochel Imeinu, and also Chana, mother of Shmuel Hanovi, were all remembered on Rosh Hashona.
The Bris Synopsis: Rivka, an American olah transplanted to Bnei Brak, feels like an outsider to the scene. She feels that her years in golus have contaminated her so that she will never be whole in spirit, will never match up to her Bnei Brak-born neighbors. Dragged almost by force to attend a Bris, the feeling is all the more accentuated, and she suddenly is taken back in time...
PARENTING WITH MENUCHA Many parents boast that their relationship with their children is qualitative and fine up until the moment that each one must do his designated chore or until the parent asks the child to do something and he refuses. This problem involves children of all ages, beginning with "Put away your toys!" to "Clean up the kitchen." How can we get children to help out without making them feel it's the end of the world? How can we get them to help, altogether?
Adjusting Your Speed On a recent visit to the zoo, I was informed that the reason tortoises live so long is that they move slowly. Although sloths move more slowly than turtles and live shorter lives, there may be something to this slow-and-easy wins-the- race.
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