Breathing Space

Chanukah is almost here and that means both Artscroll and Feldheim are having Chanukah sales. I have asked 11 yo to browse their websites, p...

I have one child at home and this is what we aim to do every day: Chumash. His bar mitzvah Torah reading is the first day of Pesach, las...

Today is Rosh Chodesh Elul. My oldest got back really late last night from his class trip to the eclipse totality. I gave myself a small pat...

11 yo davened at home. I had to drop off 2 yo and get an oil change. We agreed that he will complete a certain amount of school work on his ...

"There is no inreach", tells me a FFB person. I was chatting about text-based learning, about my visceral desire to grow. "At...

I caught myself thinking today that maybe I am "doing" the Nine Days wrong. It is supposed to be a time of sadness and mourning. W...

Twice a year Artscroll holds a large book sale: they give you 20% off everything. I try to time my book browsing to this time period. It is ...

I'm writing this on chol hamoed Succot. In Hebrew, moed means a designated time, an appointed time, a time of meeting. Holiday, as in ...

After a lot of hand-wringing, phone calls, e-mails and just things falling all over the place. I signed up 12 yo for online school for Judai...

This week I came across the article regarding lack of standards and testing in Judaic learning . I read it with interest and then shuddered:...

Being mindful. http://www.robertswoap.com/tag/mindfulness/ Davening with kavanah. Making time to notice small things. Meditation. ...

This past Sunday was the height of insanity: we attended an open house for one local dayschool, followed by a movie screening for " Cla...

Before Last year, I got ourselves PVC pipes, draped them with LED lights, and called it our outdoor menorah. It felt funny, like channe...

We all hear horror stories about mikvah ladies. That one touched you when you did not wan to be touched, this one told you to do this, or yo...

It hasn't happened in such a long time, that I almost forgot how fun we can all be. Between the day-to-day stresses of running a househo...

As we were making havdalah, 7 yo used a lighter to light up the candle. I was watching him and a question from his evaluation popped into my...

Tonight, an hour before it was time for kids to get into bed, I casually suggested that they do some Chanukah decoration. I have been casual...

We are at the homeschooling coop. 7 yo is sitting next to his good friend, who is eating some kind of candy, of gusher type. The friend offe...

See these angles, studiously working together each in their workbook? No, this is not a posed photo, but it lasted a total of four minutes. ...

a fish names gefilte I spoke too soon about waiting for next year to have a meaningful Yamim Noraim ( Days of Awe). We went to shul, b...