Our First Passover Seder In Paradise--Eretz Yisroel And the Lessons That Came With It! From the moment we made our decision to make Aliyah, I began dreaming of hosting a Passover Seder in the Jewish quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, where we intended to live. Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish Nation... Continue Reading →
PESACH CLEANING FOR THE WISE WOMAN BY ARIELLA BRACHA WALDINGER There are many faces to the “Pesach Project,” as I call it. In order for the project to be successful, it is best to have a plan of action with a time deadline. I have found that there are women who dislike the Project, those... Continue Reading →
The gift of a Miracle on the Wings of Purim
The gift of a Miracle on the Wings of Purim I am sitting at a beautiful white desk in my pink home office in our beautiful home in Tzfat, Israel, staring out the window at two soft grey-brown laughing doves. Their name brings a smile to my face. The laughing dove is a slim, long... Continue Reading →
Chanukah Sameach from Coming into the Light of Aliyah!
It is written that Chanukah is the only holiday that begins on the 25th of a month. We light the first ner of the menorah just as the moon is diminishing to its lowest level of light. Each night, as we light nerot, we bring more light into the darkness that is increasing due to... Continue Reading →
Aliyah, Rosh HaShana and Divine Providence
Coming Face To Face With Divine Providence on Erev Rosh Hashana Divine Providence means that G-d not only knows what is going on in the world, but He is actively engaged in supervising its day to day, moment to moment events—nothing is happenstance, accidental or by chance. There are 2 types of Divine Providence—His care... Continue Reading →
Rosh HaShana, after Aliyah, in the Old City of Jerusalem– Where Heaven Meets Earth!
My First Elul and Rosh Hashana experience In The Old City of Jerusalem Seven weeks after making Aliyah, we were privileged to greet Rosh Hashanah, the holiday that marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year, in the holiest place on earth—Jerusalem, the Holy City. Let's just say, it was spiritually "Mind Blowing" because Jerusalem... Continue Reading →
Why You Need to Make Aliyah to Israel
Ten Ways You Know Rosh HaShana in Israel is Almost Here by Judy Lash Balint, reprinted from the Algemeiner http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/09/13/ten-ways-you-know-rosh-hashana-in-israel-is-almost-here/ 1. Turn on the radio any time in the weeks between the date school starts and Yom Kippur, and it’s a sure bet that on any station you’ll hear a version of Adon Haselichot (Master of forgiveness),... Continue Reading →
Elul, the month of transformation
The month of Elul is one of the most astonishing months of the Hebrew calendar. It is laden with the deepest, heavenly riches of powerful, transformative meaning waiting to be uncovered and utilized. Riches, in the Jewish religion, are spiritual riches which translate to spiritual power and light. Elul is called "the month of repentance,"... Continue Reading →
My Personal Kinah on Tisha b’Av
MY PERSONAL KINAH ON TISHA B'AV BY ARIELLA BRACHA Oh! Oh! How much deep psychic pain I feel at the indignities visited on my Beloved Holy Temple and my nation and my Holy land. How much cruelty and suffering was inflicted on both the bodies and soul consciousness of this beautiful, Divinely chosen nation that... Continue Reading →
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