by admin | Oct 12, 2014 | Life Lessons, Personal Development
This morning found me at the hospital with one of my kids waiting to check in for a small, out-patient procedure. The number 699 flashed in red above the reception desk, I pulled number 714 and looked for a seat. I scanned the chairs and noticed four men in matching...
by Sarah Zadok | Sep 14, 2014 | Personal Development
We recently moved away from a neighborhood where virtually everyone wears their Judaism on their long sleeves. Black hats, headscarves, yarmulkes of every size, color and texture; long, flowing skirts; straight, kick-pleated skirts, stockings in the summertime; and of...
by admin | Aug 14, 2014 | Personal Development
G-d communicates with us all the time. The Ba’al Shem Tov brought this simple truth to life with his famous teaching: “There is not one leaf that falls from a tree that is not divinely ordained.” The idea that G-d is constantly engaged with our world is a not new...
by Sarah Zadok | Jul 11, 2014 | Israel, Personal Development
I know how hard it is to be away from the land that you love- especially when that land is under attack. I am so grateful for the genuine concern that has been expressed to our family from our friends and family abroad. Thank you for caring about us. I thought I’d...
by Sarah Zadok | Jun 30, 2014 | Grief & Loss, Personal Development
Dear, dear friends and family – There are things about loss and grief that cannot be rushed. Try as I have to step away from time, she has an uncanny knack for finding me with a stop watch around her neck and a water bottle in her hands, urging me into sweat pants and...
by admin | Jun 17, 2014 | Israel, Personal Development
I’m not the best pray-er in town (as I’ve mentioned elsewhere), but these past few days I’ve been saying psalms with more intention and intensity than I have in a long time.Tough times have me leaning a little harder on G-d, ain’t no two ways about it. The news of the...