The cost of love

I just watched footage of the little Chinese girl hit by a truck. She has now died of organ failure. What broke my heart was the people that walked past her without helping. They not only refused to help her, they didn’t even look. She might as well have been a sack of potatoes. It […]

Beresheet resources

The Torah portion cycle is starting over. Here are some wonderful resources to help you share Torah with your family and children. This week’s Torah portion: Beresheet  Genesis 1:1-6:8 Torah school post with great resources for teaching Beresheet in your homeschool My First Torah Beresheet – A beginning reader version of the portion YHVH made […]

Outside my sukkah

Here is a picture of our sukkah from the outside. Isn’t it picturesque? Wouldn’t you love to spend a week there? Can you picture cups of cocoa, a flickering campfire, Scripture studies, songs, and fellowship? But as you walk down the hill and get a little closer, you will hear a baby crying, sore cranky […]

Off to Sukkot!

It’s that time of year again. We are very anxious to get out to our Sukkah again! This is our fifth year keeping the Feast of Tabernacles. It is really hard to believe that we have been blessed by the truths of Torah for that long. We have grown in many ways, and have discovered […]

Hebrew vocabulary cards

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I would like to introduce another way I am trying to include Hebrew in our daily lives. They are called Hebrew vocabulary cards, The idea is simple.  The card has a picture and the Hebrew word. I also included a cheat sheet to help you and a corresponding worksheet. Download here This set includes the […]

Rubber boot homeschool week #5

Wow, we have already finished a month of school! I hope you are enjoying these posts. It has been very good for me to write them, for several reasons. I have to have something to write about, so I don’t get lazy. I take pics. I usually have to have a reason to do this. […]

Wow, that was the quickest move ever!

We have safely made it to www.torahfamilyliving.com. Everything is looking beautiful. But my followers didn’t follow. PLEASE! If you would like to continue following my blog, go over and click the follow button at www.torahfamilyliving.com. Thank you so much to all my readers. You brighten my day. Please spread the word so no one gets […]

Please excuse the mess!

I am in the process of moving my blog over to my website: www.torahfamilyliving.com  I am also switching to wordpress. Things are already looking funny at my site, but I promise, it will be worth the effort. I am excited to have everything under one roof, with an easy way to make changes to everything […]

Sadie’s Stories – a time of discoveries

This is a difficult post for me to write and also an important one. There are sometimes confusing moments in our parenting journey. We wonder how we got where we are. We have to face hard truths. And when we do, we discover rare beauties that we were missing. As you will remember from a […]

Thoughts on the Days of Awe

My life is made up of minutes.Each minute I use costs me part of my life.How did I use those minutes?Did I waste them on silliness, or selfishness, or wishful thinking?Or did I make a difference in the lives of those around me?Did I share a smile?Did I offer a drink of water?Did I patiently […]