Abundance
This article by Ingrid Fetell Lee is honestly the best thing I’ve read about scarcity mindset.
Tag: emunah
Al Matzos U’Merrorim
The Nesivos Shalom writes that there are three levels of emunah: Emunas hamoach — intellectual belief, I understand that Hashem is in control. Emunas halev — emotional belief, I feel it in my heart. And emunas ha’eivarim — visceral belief, I know it in my bones. Seder night is mesugal for internalizing the third level, emunas ha’eivarim. Matzah …
Two Bags of Salt
I went in search of Himalayan pink salt this week. Ever since I read that yeast likes the minerals in Himalayan pink salt, I’ve had this “thing” that my challah dough needs to be made with it. It’s not always easy to find in stores, but a few months ago I found a bag in Home Goods in their specialty …
Not Your Job
Someone sent me a clip of Rav Elimelech Biderman shlit”a speaking about this week’s parsha, Parshas Shlach. I found it so powerful and just what I needed to hear. After the meraglim (spies) came back from spying Cana’an, they described the sights they had seen and told how impossible it would be to conquer the land. Calev answered, “Aloh …
A Little Review (Or, No Shidduch Crisis, Again)
As I’ve picked up a few more magazines than usual in the past several months, I couldn’t help but notice certain determined little advertisements denouncing the people who are “causing the shidduch crisis” (boys who start dating after age 21…) Honestly, I was intrigued when I saw a website listed and everything so I had to check it out. …
Shidduch Photos, Unity, and Empowerment
Last week, I posted a list of things you can do as hishtadlus towards meeting your bashert. In response, a reader emailed me about something that was not mentioned on the list, and has never been addressed on this blog. That is, the topic of shidduch photos. Now, in general I have not written about what I call “shidduch logistics,” …
Motion
One of my favorite books from the past year or so was Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, by Elizabeth Gilbert. It’s about creativity and authenticity and how to use your ideas, and I recommend it to anyone, not just creative types. This quote was particularly inspiring: “If you can’t do what you long to do, go do something …
The Same King
Every year before Rosh Hashanah, it helps me to remind myself that it’s about crowning Hashem King, not about shopping for my desires in the coming year. Crowning Him means that I understand He is King of the world, in a grand sense, but also King over me, in a personal sense, my outer and inner worlds and all the …
Permission to Be Human
I’m learning to mute the cacophony of accusatory voices, the ones that insist that anyone in shidduchim for a length of time must be making poor decisions, or is picky or unreasonable or impossible to please. I’m learning to stop taking responsibility when things don’t work out, or when I have to say no, or when I end up in …
Tu B’Av and the Great Shidduchim Game Board
I get a bit startled when the calendar hits Tu B’Av and I’m not married. I guess it’s one of those markers of time. I decided a few years ago that when I get married, I will commemorate Tu B’Av each year as a special day (why not 🙂 ). There is a source for this that I read in …