Our children are our most precious possessions. With a new school year upon us, one of the things we have to think about is carpooling, because we are entrusting our children to other mothers and fathers. Carpooling should be taken seriously. Here are some tips that might save problems in the future.
There are so many new beauty trends for fall 2013, I don’t know where to start. The artists have gone wild with color—bright, bold, metallic, noticeable color. These rainbow bright colors for your lips and eyes mark a departure from past season’s pastels. If you don’t think you’ll feel comfortable in a bright, bold metallic color, you can still be yourself while adding a little boost from the right hint of new hue.
Rosh HashanahIt is customary to sound the shofar and blow trumpets at the coronation of a king. Similarly, on Rosh Hashanah, we crown G-d as king over the universe and over each of us in particular. The shofar is also sounded to awaken people to repent and return to G-d. The shofar represents a simple outcry of a person who recognized his spiritual “poverty” and whose feelings cannot be contained in words.
Every year, over 133,000 Americans die due to stroke. Those that don’t die are often left with serious disabilities. Experts from the Jaffe Stroke Center at Maimonides Medical Center stress the importance of prevention and want everyone to know the early warning signs.
Every parent knows the emotion attached to the question, “Where should I send my child to school?” There are so many concerns—the academics, pressures of a dual curriculum, the social aspect, school values, the quality and strength of friendships, and relationships between teachers and students. This decision is, most assuredly, not for the faint of heart.
A lovely way to celebrate and share the importance of the High Holidays with your little ones is to explore wonderful holiday stories with bright beautiful pictures depicting all that Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are about. There are many children’s books about the holidays and we’ve found some of the best.
It’s hard to believe that there are five new fruits that you can try this Rosh Hashanah. Well, some of them aren’t new, but you probably haven’t heard of them before. Try one, they’re all exotic and delicious.
No good story should ever go untold; this is mine: a few months before a trip to Florida, I was contemplating my purpose in life—wondering what goals I should be pursuing to make my mark on society. I was looking for something more than just being the monarch of help at my family’s side—which, by the way, is a 24/7 job!
Another year has passed and here we are again. This is the time to start anew. It’s a time to reflect on the things we have done and the words we have said, the transgressions we have made, and the mitzvot we let slip away. It is customary at this time to call our family and friends, we treasure dear, and ask them to forgive us. And yet, I find myself questioning how many of us truly fulfill this task with our hearts.
It’s not ideal to have a fight with your wife while on an exotic Mexican vacation, but the alignment of the stars occasionally makes some spats inevitable. I can’t tell you now what we were arguing about. It was insignificant, yet there we were, on a pristine beach, on a pristine day, and lying on a pristine lounge chair, was my very annoyed wife.
One in four women will be a victim of a crime in her lifetime. It is an alarming statistic—but statistics can be changed. You don’t have to be a victim. All it takes is a shift in your daily routine to make a difference. We should take clues from Israeli women. Anyone who has visited Israel quickly realizes they are aware and prepared to effectively deal with a problem. They are vigilant but relaxed and confident. We need to be alert, aware of our surroundings, and walk in public with confidence—sounds obvious, right? Venture out one day and look at the people on the streets, notice what they are doing, and how aware they are of their surroundings.
Within five years of the start of the Gold Rush in 1848, more than 5,000 Jews migrated to California in search of opportunity, joining members of other religious and ethnic groups. After 1858, with most of the California mining sites appropriated, gold seekers migrated to new strikes in Colorado, Nevada, Montana, Idaho, and Oregon.
The State of Israel’s first Sephardic Chief Rabbi,
a giant in Torah, a pursuer of peace and unity,
Rabbi Ben Zion Meir Hai Uziel, z”l,
“PRAY FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL” Show your support for the State of Israel and Sephardic Customs – Wear WHITE or BLUE Yarmulka (Kippah)
Rabbi Uziel was the quintessential classic Sephardic Haham of the modern era, and his halakhic rulings and spiritual way of life serve as the greatest model of how Classic Sephardic Judaism can be expressed in today’s world.
