A woman who drove for two hours in each direction just to come to the mikvah. A mom of a bride. She'd last gone to the mikvah when she...

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness. - Brene...

Practical ideas from Dr. Pelcovitz’s talk at Great Park 1) Take a few minutes once a day to relish something that you usually hurry...

The inmates were playing cards, an activity strictly forbidden in prison. The guards were told of the game and came to inspect the cell,...

SABC Simcha producers recently visited our mikvah and interviewed Rabbi Hazdan and Goldie Simpson about our Great Park mikvah. Watch from...

My dear children, We often repeat the stories about the beginnings of our nation when we left Egypt and journeyed towards the...

BY Darrin Wohlberg Stress is a normal psychological and physical reaction to the ever-increasing demands of life… The brain is hard-wired...

The Holy of Holies is the place where heaven meets earth. It is where the Divine Presence shines unconcealed. This is the place where we...

“Birth is about radical, creative, life-affirming change. It is about adaptation on a nearly unbelievable scale…We go from dark to light,...

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure” -Nelson Mandela This...

Ageing brings with it unavoidable changes-physical, psychological and emotional. Any of these changes can lead to anguish and despair to...

Remember the story of Purim when our enemies wanted to annihilate our nation? By Divine Providence Esther was the queen of Persia and...

Firstly: Do Jews believe in star signs? According to the astrological chart, the month in which you are born indicates a hidden strength...

“It is not that long ago that life as a woman was altogether different,” my Aunt Bronya tells me as she stirs me, to my delight, into a...

Sadness is dangerous when it leads to sluggishness and despair. It can be positive when it moves us to action. Here’s one idea on what...

I don’t know why, but the idea of the mikvah attendant worried me. Immersing in a warm spa-like mikvah sounded great. Learning about and...

Jade is a young woman in our community who recently came to the mikvah as a bride. Her mother and sister accompanied her, and after her...

What kind of money manager are you? How to financially empower yourself Good money managers: Pay themselves first i.e. 10%-15% of their...