(Don’t?) Talk to Strangers

(Don’t?) Talk to Strangers

by | Jan 20, 2012 | Blog | 12 comments

  I was already checking out my groceries when I saw them. The conveyer belt was full but I asked the man behind the counter “please ring me up,” I have to go now. I was in  Baltimore’s  kosher supermarket so the religious man behind the counter...
The Heartbeat of a Mezuza

The Heartbeat of a Mezuza

by | Jan 17, 2012 | Blog | 1 comment

    My friend Rachel Zamoiski fell in love with a Mezuza case 2 years ago in Israel. She bought it then, and its been sitting in her house since. This year for her father’s yartzheit, Rachel decided to take on a Mitzvah in his merit. So we went to the...
Validation

Validation

by | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog | 17 comments

  Here’s a dose of something we all need from time to time. Validation. Has this ever happened to you? Someone takes a photo of you and when you look at it you recoil as you notice your messy house in the background? That happens to me all the time. Or how...
“Baby, I love you!”

“Baby, I love you!”

by | Jan 9, 2012 | Blog | 20 comments

  I say what I’m about to say not because I think I’m some kind of expert. And not even because I’ve watched my parents beautiful  marriage – and they still dance in the kitchen. I say this because I’m reflecting back what 9 out of...