A Mother’s Plea for Clarity Lost and confused. That’s how the voice on the other end of the line sounded. When the secretary of Tehillim Kollel’s office gently asked how…
2 Shidduchim in just 5 Weeks! In the era that we live in, the painful shidduch crisis is one of the most difficult matters facing families from every community and…
Ari couldn’t take it anymore. He tried everything in the world; still his children were distancingthemselves both from him and from a Torah lifestyle. Sadly, his wife had left Yiddishkeit…
Zos Chanukah 5781 This year, Zos Chanukah came out on Friday, Parshas Mikeitz. Many Yidden around the world took advantage of the potency of the day by connecting with the…
You know that famous saying, “Try, try again?” What happens when they doctors say, “Sorry, no more trying?” What do you do when the medical world tells you to give…
Rochel was always a happy child. Now, at 22, her natural spirit has been dampened by the trials of life. For over a year, she has been seeking a job…
My Reuvan is a great boy. Solid, mentshlich, kind, smart… the list could go on and on. But he was born with a birthmark on his face. Some may consider…
I have seen those ads and read those stories. I never believed in them. It seemed too easy: pay some money and get miraculous results. Maybe it worked for…
Sigh. Kids. Why mothers don’t sleep at night. This night, it was my Yossi was keeping me awake, tossing and turning. Me, that is, with fear and worry. Yossi had…
Ow,” complained my wife as she bumped into the table. With gritted teeth, she said it again, “We need more space.” She was right. We did need more space. But…
Adar is supposed to be a month of simcha and joy.But on the 21 st day of this month, we were experiencing much sadness and fear.Our sweet Shloimy had developed…
“Hi, is this Tehillim Kollel?” I asked hesitantly. “Yes, how we can we help you?” boomed a friendly voice on the other side. “I wanted to sign my daughter and…
Bang. Crash. Smash. That’s not a drum. Or a car accident. Nope, that’s just my Shmueli, on a typical trek through my home. But lately, he was looking…unwell. He was…
Three and a half years have passed. That’s not ten. But it’s also not one. And we still had no children. I didn’t want to wait until it became ten…
Revolving doors. They are great for keeping traffic flowing in and out of stores. But really not advisable when your livelihood seems to imitate that motion. In the past three…
16 years. That’s a long time to be employed and working for the same company. For 16 years, I had given my job my all, my time, my energy, and…
My sweet daughter was born with autism. She is delicious and special, but she has clear special needs. We were blessed for her to be a very high functioning child. …
My daughter just turned 23. While she is not a really old single, I was worried about her because she was a bit of a complicated child. I was getting…
“Avi,” I said to my son, “Are you okay?” He was rubbing and rubbing his eyes. “My eyes are just really itchy, Mommy,” he replied. “They have been bothering me…
26. 25. 23. 21. These aren’t just random numbers. They are the ages of my children. My single children. Each and every one. Waiting. Searching. Trying. Hoping. Frozen in time….
When you’re in the real estate business, often, time is of the essence. If you think and deliberate too long, you may lose out on fabulous opportunities. So when I…
My son, my 17 year old Iluy, was scheduled to leave for yeshiva in a few short days. Bein Hazmanim with him had been so wonderful, and I hated sending…
When I dialed the number, I was skeptical. And I let the man on the other end of the phone know exactly how uncomfortable I was. “I’m just doing this…
We, the M. Family, are a close-knit group. All of the children in our family are less than two years apart, and so we grew up together and did everything…
My son keeps me up at night. Not with his cries, but with mine. And he’s 17. It happened very slowly, very gradually, one thing being thrown off after another. …
When my younger sister made her shidduch, after years of intense searching, my level of happiness for her was grand and bursting and over the top. Finally, she had found…
While juggling my toddler in one hand and bags of groceries in the other, I was navigating my way through the parking lot when I heard my cell phone ringing. …
I am a 55 year old man, with six children. My wife and I have a few married children, whom I support, and another few still living at home. All…