Emunah/Faith has seven children. And she doesn't know how mothers with 12 manage. She is looking for laundry and cooking tips: Laundry (quantity) Main meals (specifically prep and clean up) They both take up a lot of my time for my family of 9, and my kids do help. I wonder how a family, with say … [Read more...]
Speed All You Want, Just Give a Small Donation First
July 31, 2009 by
We got an advertising brochure for the large charity organization Kupat Hair, the City Fund, operating in haredi communities throughout Israel. Normally they include stories of people who recover funds in the stock market/find the housekey/make the plane after promising to donate to Kupat Hair. … [Read more...]
Fasting and Breastfeeding on 9 Av and Yom Kippur
July 29, 2009 by
Tonight Jews commemorate the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. We observe all mourning rituals, and fast from before sunset on Wednesday until after dark on Thursday. Here are two posts from previous years on breastfeeding and fasting: Fasting on Tisha B'Av for … [Read more...]
More Water-Saving Suggestions
July 27, 2009 by
Many Israelis are distressed to realize that they will be paying a lot of tax on excess water, maybe several hundred shekel a month. In my last post on the water crisis in Israel, I asked readers for suggestions. I'm going to compile the replies here, and add a few comments of my own. The … [Read more...]
Are Mature Religious Women Leaving the Fold?
July 24, 2009 by
Elana Sztokman's response to Yael Mishali contains a beautiful description of motherhood. My five year old daughter, Meital, recently began singing “A Pirate King” from The Pirates of Penzance. She learned it from a book – well, actually, she learned it from me. We were doing some bedtime reading … [Read more...]
Face-Covering Mother of Twelve Convicted of Child Abuse
July 19, 2009 by
The trial of Bruria Keren, the face-covering mother of 12 who started a movement encouraging hyper-tzniut (extreme modesty), has been convicted of abusing six of her twelve children. Keren attracted the attention of the press in December 2007 because she covered her face, wore multiple layers of … [Read more...]
Breastfeeding Late Preterm Babies
July 17, 2009 by
La Leche League Israel's recent breastfeeding conference featured a talk by Dr. Larry Noble, a pediatrician who specializes in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Dr. Noble, who practices in New York City, also serves on the Board of Directors of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. Dr. Noble brought … [Read more...]
Keep the Heat Out of Your Kitchen This Shabbat
July 9, 2009 by
Keeping the kitchen cool on Shabbat can be a challenge. Hot food has to be set up before Shabbat and kept warm, in a kitchen that may have seen a lot of cooking that day. And most people like to have warm food for Shabbat lunch too--most rabbis agree that it's a halachic requirement. Here are some … [Read more...]
Excess Water Usage: Can You Help This Reader Save?
July 6, 2009 by
Gidon Ariel left this comment on my post about the water tax: My bill is closer to 70 koob (cubic meters) for a family of seven for 2 months! (33 at 4 NIS, 14 at 5.5, and 24 at 7.9! Will the 20 NIS a cubic meter fine go on the last group only or also on the 5.5 NIS group?:-( And are we being … [Read more...]
Staying Sane with a Challenging Child
July 1, 2009 by
In Staying Home and Staying Sane, I gave parents strategies being stay-at-home parents. Readers asked me to expand the post to include tips when a child is especially active, social, or has other needs. It's hard to generalize, so I chose to focus on children who are very active, "oppositional," … [Read more...]
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