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Oct 77 min read

Un'taneh Tokef: Catharsis or Emotional Blackmail?

A version of this article was originally published in the Ohr Kodesh Congregation Bulletin, Divrei Kodesh , October 2024. Each year on...

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Sep 83 min read

To the Freaked-Out Mom on the Playground…

Hi there. It was fun having your kiddo hanging on the swing next to mine. Since your kid is pre-verbal, I know you had fun talking to my...

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Aug 205 min read

What's in the Box?

At the top of my closet, in an unobtrusive but visible place, is a wooden box, about one foot by two feet, about a foot tall with rounded...

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Sep 29, 20232 min read

Pulled

I wrote this poem within the year after Ronen died, before we put up his stone, sitting in the grass next to his kever (Hebrew for...

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Sep 21, 20234 min read

What Stories Could One Dress Tell?

I bought this dress more than 10 years ago, but I don't remember where. And it's the perfect one piece dress, which looks like two...

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Sep 15, 20232 min read

On Ronen's 4th Yahrzeit

On this day in history, 4 years ago on the Gregorian calendar, a little boy snuggled into the crook of my arm and fell asleep. I tried to...

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May 15, 20233 min read

36: Life, Doubly So

I love my birthday. Maybe more accurately, I love anticipating my birthday... the countdown, the "it's almost here." For several years on...

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Apr 14, 20232 min read

"God Decides"

After Ronen died in 2019 and the pandemic shut everything down in early 2020, I started planting. I planted cucumbers, pumpkins, carrots,...

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