Timeless Wisdom, Practical Guidance

It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. Invictus William Ernest Henley In 1939 World War II erupted while Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman, a leading Lithuanian Torah teacher, was in Palestine (as Israel was known at that time), separated from his wife, eleven children, and three hundred students. As the war raged, he made every effort, albeit unsuccessfully, to save Europea

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Do you ever look at another mom and marvel at how incredible she is? Do you wonder at the superpower that allows her to calmly take care...

A simultaneously delightful and exhausting aspect of parenthood is the constant stream of questions youngsters ask . Why is it raining?...

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Allowing our children to believe that they are limited by their feelings dooms them to a life of sadness and anxiety. Empowering our childre

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A healthy parent-child relationship is not one without discipline. But in a good parent-child relationship, the parent always circles back

When our children misbehave we need to search for the roots. Are they overtired? Are they scared? Are they overstimulated?

The request from a young mother told a familiar story. Her sweet, adorable toddler was hijacking her night, every night. Bedtime to this...

Every Friday morning, my children and I set aside our week’s homeschooling studies and work together to prepare for Shabbos (Sabbath)....