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Tiny favor before we begin;Â think of one person who would love getting these emails every week. The stories, the questions, the laughs, the occasional...
This time of year gives me all the feels.
The weather changes almost overnight, summer somehow disappears without asking permission, school buses clo...
Did you know TYH has a women’s magazine?
It's new!
And it’s full of really beautiful, thought-provoking content for the Yom Tov season. You can acce...
I have a confession to make.
I’ve never actually attended Selichot.
You know how it is. I had little kids at home. I couldn’t leave. I couldn’t find...
Do you want the real story?
I mean the real one.
The version with the characters and the screenshots and the dramatic plot developments. Who said wh...
I landed back from Chicago at midnight, on 24 hours of absolute adrenaline, completely and utterly wiped, and I don't know that I'll ever truly have t...
I don’t even know how to tell this story.
I wasn’t going to send an email this week.
The kids and I are taking a much-needed week to ourselves, doin...
There’s something awesome happening next week, and I want you with me.
Join me live next Wednesday. It’s About Time.
Now that you know what's coming...
When I was a little girl, the Rebbe sent me a dollar.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe and his dollars were legendary. The crisp bills were arranged to be sent ...
I couldn’t bring myself to send an email the day after Emerge. The day felt too sacred for words, and I knew that anything I wrote would fall short of...
Because I really didn’t want to write another one.Â
It’s been a week of heatwaves, power outages, and then nonstop rain. This morning came with a mig...
Which is lovely.
And annoying, because she could have been in my life two years ago.
For two whole years, a mutual friend has been raving about her....