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Meet the Author
Reprinted with permission from Links magazine by Shaindy Perl Meet the Author of I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me Miriam Ribiat’s book, I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me, has received enthusiastic feedback from readers. In this interview, she shares her background and how she came to write [...]
I Never Knew Your Father
I Wish I Knew Your father Dear Friend, I walked away from being menachem avel you feeling very inspired. I wanted to say, “I need to meet this man. Where is he? I need to have a talk with him.” Oh right, he isn’t alive anymore. I feel saddened at [...]
At a Loss
Originally printed in the Family First magazine My Brother Chesky I was a post-seminary graduate when my thirteen-year-old only brother, Chesky, started feeling lethargic. The diagnosis: leukemia. “Leukemia?” we asked the doctor, stunned. “Leukemia,” he confirmed. My family was thrown onto the cancer rollercoaster. With his positive attitude and upbeat [...]
Favor For a Neighbor
A Program Rooted in Kindness Looking back at the beginnings of the many options and services that now come under the umbrella of Chevrah Lomdei Mishnah, I am amazed at how some of them came to be, “once upon a time.” It’s easy to look at the smorgasbord of [...]
Behind the Scenes: When Caring Counts Most
How the Idea of When Caring Counts Most Was Born Rabbi Elchonon Zohn of NASCK (National Association of Chevrah Kadisha) never knows what his days will bring. As someone who is extremely devoted to the klal in inyanim of kavod hameis, he fields tens of phone calls daily with [...]
Grappling with Yizkor
Originally published in the Ami Magazine Grappling with Yizkor for My Not-So-Ordinary Family I used to feel angry when it came time for Yizkor. I couldn’t understand why I needed to say it. A tefillah to remember? Really? I need to say Yizkor four times a year to remember my [...]
