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When a Parent Mourns

by Miriam Metzinger

Yesterday at 06:11 AM

The esteemed Torah scholar Rashi describes the loss of a child as the ultimate bereavement. It is something for which we have no words, cannot understand even if there were an ultimate Divine purpose that we were able to comprehend.

Unconditional Love and Free Choice

by Miriam Metzinger

16 Oct 2009 02:08 AM

It is wonderful to get a bracha (blessing) for our children. That they should be learned, kind, talented. That they should make strangers smile, stop what they are doing, forget about their worries and appreciate the wondrous world seen through youthful eyes.

Siblings, Battles and the Redemption

by Miriam Metzinger

27 Aug 2009 11:20 PM

Are there really siblings without rivalry? Well, there are books that claim this can be possible, but I find these sibling squabbles all but inevitable.

Is the World More Peaceful?

by Miriam Metzinger

22 Feb 2009 04:53 PM

I see it often expressed that we are living in a world of increased darkness and chaos. Fears of terrorism reach a diversity of people, regardless of ethnic background, location or social class.

Nineteen Diamonds

by Miriam Metzinger

22 Feb 2009 04:52 PM

I spoke to someone the other day on the topic of, what else? Kids! She asked me "How many do you have?" I told her "Three boys, Thank Hashem.

Compassion: The Higher Love

by Miriam Metzinger

14 Sep 2008 05:11 PM

I have some issues with the word "love" in the English language. The word, when translated, is problematic in other languages too, but one problem is that in English, one can say that one "loves" something that only gratifies selfish needs.

Talking to Children about Terror

by Miriam Metzinger

25 Jul 2008 06:19 AM

It happened again this week. I didn't believe it yet again, although I was writing an article about the first bulldozer attack in Jerusalem that happened last week.

Saturday Shabbat at the Rabbi's House

by Dorit Sasson

20 Jul 2008 03:17 AM

As a child growing up in both secular and Orthodox households, I never felt close enough to understand Orthodox religion. The mental distance between God and and my world as a child was rigid; "no jumping on the beds," "being quiet on Shabbat" and so on.

Integrating within a Jewish Community

by Dorit Sasson

19 Jul 2008 02:19 AM

On our kibbutz, we participated in social events, which for Israel, are considered important days like Yitzhak Rabin z"l, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Remembrance Day of Israel's fallen soldiers.

The Message of Giving Back

by Dorit Sasson

07 Jul 2008 02:15 AM

Many years ago, I was at the turning point of becoming religous. It was undoutably, a phase I was going through but it was also more than that.



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