As we prepare for Elul, the season of self-reflection and teshuvah, we often focus outward—on increased mitzvos, on chesed projects, and on self-improvement campaigns. But perhaps Elul begins not in the synagogue or at a community shiur, but at home.
I. The Enactment
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There’s a powerful Midrash in Yalkut Shimoni that speaks directly to the way we view life, pain, and conflict. The Sifri there addresses the verse
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In this week’s parshah, Moshe Rabbeinu says, “Re’eh anochi nosen lifneichem hayom brachah u’klalah”—“See, I place before you today a blessing and a
My mother was a single parent who worked three jobs just to make sure my siblings and I had a roof over our heads and food on the table—so I know the
These aren’t social media trends.
They’re quiet staples — loved in Tashkent, still made in Queens, and absolutely worth remembering. Print them
