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Trying to Take Something Positive out of Thursday's Events: The Power of A Kiddush Hashem
Posted By Matzav Editor On July 27, 2009 (3:00 PM) In Breaking News, Featured Opinion, Jewish Community, Recent Jewish Community

By S. Friedman, Matzav.com
When I drove to the nursing home where I work this past Friday morning, I had a pit in my stomach in anticipation of the inevitable comments I was sure to receive from my coworkers. The comments came, and it was embarrassing; I didn’t have any good excu… Continue

New York, where I come from, is a place you can catch a minyan as early or late as you want. Cleveland apparently is not such a place. The LATE maariv minyan is 9:50 PM and after multiple phone calls as well as a few emails, my husband managed to find out that Telz Yeshiva (properly spelled as Telshe for those who care) offers the only 10 PM maariv around. And so, driving across state lines from New York to New Jersey to Pennsylvania to Ohio this is what we were aiming for. Surprisingly or not,… Continue

I've come to the conclusion that it really IS all about perspective. Your attitude, positive or negative, creates the reality in which you live. Let those doubts in, dwell on the difficulties, allow your subconsious to linger on the harshness or hardships in life and your world really is caving in. Force yourself to focus on the good, and the world around you blossoms with promise, love and wonder. Nachas will outshine frustrations and even the hard times present you with reason to battle on. It… Continue

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Chavie

Tisha B'Av is approaching and I am trying to use the 9 days properly to do some level of teshuvah or at least behave better during these significant days. Having just gotten the kids to go to bed, I sat down to tone down, not quite feeling up to picking up a sefer about the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash but none-the-less wanting to get a bit of inspiration. "Compromising", I went to check my e-mail (actually I call that giving in, not compromising) and wasn't it just bashert, my shul sent ou… Continue