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Motherhood is intense. It’s continuous. It evolves and adapts and changes all the time.

Julia’s diagnosis didn’t discourage her from studying Torah, as well as learning and observing Jewish customs. She believed that each day offers an opportunity to get closer to G‑d, family and friends.

"After the Jewish businessman left, the mother called her son and reprimanded him. The child looked at his mother in surprise. His eyes conveyed his thoughts: Mom, what’s the big deal? After all, he is just a Jew"

Since the Torah compares man to “a tree of the field,” we’ve collected nine lessons from the mystics that we can learn from trees.

Tearing is forbidden on Shabbat, as it is actually part of the sewing process.

And as many times as you hear it, you’re moved all the same. If the tune grabs you from the get-go, it will almost always continue to do so.

When did Tu Bishvat become a thing, and why specifically now?

So let’s say Moses turns up today. What would he liberate us from? What sort of miracles would he make this time around?

During his 241-day hospitalization he impacted every single person he came into contact with.

He plants seeds. Seeds of experience, seeds of challenge, seeds of tears. Seeds that make us think, “Why do I need to go through this experience or meet that person?”