My inspiration, speaker Danny Siegel comes to town to speak….

What an amazing honor and privilege it was to spend the weekend learning and sharing with Danny Siegel, founder of the Ziv Tzedakah fund (www.ziv.org). Danny’s organization was one that I have donated to for the past couple of years although I learned of his work when I was a teenager. I had originally hoped [...]

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Birthday Mitzvah received

My 40th birthday was last week on Yom Kippur. It was actually probably the best Yom Kippur I have ever had. The fast was easy and I felt great the whole day. I guess attitude is everything. Plus I had the opportunity to read several passages from the prayer book that reiterated the idea of [...]

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Summertime and the living is easy

Summer time seems to bring out the best in people. I have seen many occasions over the past several days where people are helping one another. My husband says he isn’t seeing much change in people’s behavior with the better weather. I am not sure if I am spending time in different places or [...]

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Carpooling mitzvahs

711) Last week my kids were attending a summer camp that is a bit of a drive from our house. I had arranged some carpooling to help with the increased gas expenses. One day, I drove and my friend brought my kids home after camp. When she tried to leave she realized she couldn’t  turn [...]

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