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This time of year gives me all the feels.
The weather changes almost overnight, summer somehow disappears without asking permission, school buses clo...
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....
It rained yesterday as I put my son on the bus.
After a year of watching all his neighbors, cousins and friends head off to cheder, yesterday was fin...
You want to know how Azamra Breathwork training went last week?
I want to tell you all about it.
But also, I can’t.
I’m going to try.
But before I...