I need to make a mess. Life is messy. Bloody. Full of spit-up and pee and you’re helpless and you need me and I need to accept that I actually need to wash my sheets more than every other week now. Or maybe not.
And so I go. Around the corner, the incline lighting up my thigh muscles, I adlib my usual muttered warrior pep-talk, declaring that I can do it. I can climb this; I can take this time. I can do nothing now. I can do Nothing now.
I try hard to bury the pain of infertility... But I can't always do it.
Frum Instagram star Adina Miles (AKA Flatbush Girl) made a splash when she spoke out against women being erased from orthodox publications. In this episode of HevriaCast, Elad speaks with her about why she uses her social media identity to create controversy, as well her overall approach to creativity.
Zayah's song and video are a joyful reminder of the importance of gratitude.
I did not have a good run up to, or a good time during, the High Holidays. The rain and the mosquitoes made hanging out in a sukkah a lot less fun than it was supposed to be.
When I lost faith in the rabbi that convinced me to be orthodox, one would have expected me to give up on orthodoxy altogether. Here's why I stayed committed.
As if I never left, I find comfort in the familiar landscape of the sanctuary, reopening the siddur, which fits in my splayed palms like it was there all along.
