It's so hard to believe that this is the last #blogElul post....that a full month has gone by of preparation and readiness for the Hol...

The Jewish month of Elul, which precedes the High Holy Days, is traditionally a time of renewal and reflection. It offers a chance for...

i wanted to i meant to i tried i intended i didn't mean it it wasn't my intention i missed the mark. i'd better try a...

HOPE to cherish a desire with anticipation to desire with expectation of obtainment to expect with confidence  (from Webster...

As the month of Elul comes to a close in a few days, I'd like to use this opportunity to draw your attention to the secular month of S...

How do people write memoirs? People keep suggesting that I write a book about our experiences. I keep telling them that I can't writ...

It was love at first sight. If you haven't read about Sam's love-at-first-sight meeting with his new cells, check it out here . ...

Sometimes you have to take a daring leap.... The Jewish month of Elul, which precedes the High Holy Days, is traditionally a time o...

When I create the BlogElul prompts, I brainstorm a list and then tweak it a little, adjust the order, make sure it all seems to "work...

When we talk about judgment with respect to the High Holy Days, we are usually talking about Divine Judgment. The Big Judge. God on High, ...

Asking questions is, in my opinion, one of my best skills. I always want to know more.  Is it any surprise, then, that my childre...

Each night, we say the words of Shema with our children. Even the youngest, at 2 years old, can say the words. Does he know what he is s...

When you're in the hospital, they try so hard not to wake you up. But they have to do it, they have to check those all-important vit...

Change is SO hard. It's hard for me, it's hard for my kids. I remember when I first learned some parenting techniques, way back ...

One of my favorite things to learn about was the intercalation of the Hebrew calendar. I'm not sure why this bit of education interest...

wisps of memory float in my mind i try to grab them and they slip away i want to remember but sometimes my mind wants to forge...

A few weeks ago, this video was released by IKAR, a really fabulous organization in Los Angeles. I love videos like this because they get...

It is traditional throughout the Hebrew month of Elul to recite Psalm 27 daily.  A major theme of this psalm is trusting in God. I'm...

When I saw that the topic for day 11 was "count," I knew I had written a post about this topic before. In fact, I've written...

I really want to write a post about seeing and photographing. Does it change an event when we take pictures of it? Do we remember it mo...