Rabbi, I saw your face in the paper today. If was a mugshot, so different from the face you always showed me. Your eyes were red as if they’d been crying, and in that was…
Hey Pregnant Ladies, Stress Really Does Cause Pre-Term Contractions.
I recently spent the night in the triage room of a poorly managed urban hospital for what was possibly pre-term labor. My contractions had lasted all day, and were regular and getting stronger, and my…
To My Dearest Son
I know that you are really young, only 11 years old. There is something that I wish I can share with you, but I fear telling you about my secret. I can’t burden you with…
The Parentless Kids
Do you know how many motherless and fatherless children are out there? There are so many of them wandering our streets, having no one out there You just don’t know who they are, for they…
No One Cares
I wake up late. I don’t know if I have the energy to work today. I don’t know if I have the strength to eat today. I wander the house. Perhaps if I can get…
I Stand Beside You
Silence. There is a deafening silence as I stand beside you. The silence is loud enough to awaken the hearing impaired. An avalanche of pain is threatening to suck you in to her dreadful realm….
Cutting Ties With Spiritual Guides
Mrs. X, The exact moment I knew I’d be safe in Judaism, my brother found out he was not. I remember the walls of the room we were in. The grey movable walls that defined…
Sexual Compatability
So I went through the shidduch system. I was told as we all were, this was the ideal way to get married for all reasons. We have been married ten years now and I can…