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After receiving this thoughtful and detailed comment, I’ve decided to respond in a post of its own. >>Life is expensive. What you were able to
This morning I listened to a podcast about finances in the US Orthodox Jewish world, and how untenable living expenses have become for the middle
One of my older sons mentioned that when visiting homes of friends for Shabbos, he’s noticed that a lot of the older siblings don’t like
The marathon of the holiday season is winding down! In addition to all of the holiday preparations, we’ve celebrated two birthdays (my eighteen year old
In the last visitation the twins had with their mother, a very short conversation resulted in a lot of emotional turmoil. The kids came home
The way the holidays fall this year – Shabbos, day off, holiday, day off, Shabbos, day off, holiday, etc – means a cooking marathon for
What a draining holiday I’ve just had. Even though the week preceding Rosh Hashana I was away for a few days to be with my
Last week I saw dried dates on sale for 11 shekels a kilo, which is a great price. I bought 20 kilos with the intention
Yesterday my husband and I took our first walk together in three months. As often happens, our dog followed us. We walked a new route,
Today I did some housecleaning on the blog – I’ve been overwhelmed by hundreds of spam posts by AI bots. I found that in the
