by CZShefer | Jul 13, 2023 | English, Uncategorized
One of the most common questions that parents ask me is: What if I make mistakes? My reply: Parents don’t make mistakes, because there isn’t a right or wrong way to parent. Who decides what’s a mistake? What is often considered a...
by CZShefer | Jul 13, 2023 | English, Uncategorized
With all due respect to cheesecake recipes, I’d like to dwell on another aspect of the upcoming Shavuot holiday, ‘Matan Torah’. The people of Israel were liberated from slavery in Egypt. 49 days later they received the Torah. To the onlooker it would...
by CZShefer | Jul 13, 2023 | English, Uncategorized
The month of May has been designated as the month of connecting Israel with Jewish communities abroad. Essentially it’s not about creating a new connection, rather geared to strengthen a bond that already exists between the Jewish people living in Israel and...
by CZShefer | Jul 13, 2023 | English, Uncategorized
End of the school year is coming up. Yay! Many parents are breathing a sigh of relief. They’ll finally have a break from homework, reports, tests, and projects. Confused? Isn’t it the child who should be breathing a sigh of relief and looking...
by CZShefer | Jul 13, 2023 | English, Uncategorized
Parenting keeps us busy. Very busy. Sometimes we are so busy that we forget that we too are children of parents. Once in a while we need a reminder. A distressed mom recently consulted with me. Her problem in a nutshell: Her home and...
by CZShefer | Jul 13, 2023 | English, Uncategorized
A few years ago I was visiting with my mother A”H in Jerusalem around a week after Pesach. We were sitting on the porch and she began rummaging through a closet nearby. I asked, “What are you looking for”? Her reply, “The flag, it’s Iyar, we have to hang...
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