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TheJewishWoman.org Update: November 15, 2009

 Dealing with Challenge
Being Bankrupt — The Struggle and the Lesson

I have a confession to make. Several years ago, when I went bankrupt, I was too embarrassed to tell you my story...
 Jewish Women You Should Know
Rivkah Holtzberg — Chabad House Co-Director of Mumbai, India
How Rivky, amidst dealing with her personal tragedy, running a Chabad house, teaching classes, caring for Moshe, and cooking meals for dozens of people daily, had extra hours available for talking is a mystery...
 Life Lessons
Is My Mirror Telling the Truth?

If I could be given any gift to help me in my job as a teacher, I know exactly what I would ask for. I haven't ever seen one, but I know that I need it: a special kind of mirror that I can hold up for my students to gaze into, and instead of seeing themselves as they always do, they would see themselves as I see them...
 Personal Reflections
Sandra Samuel: A Heroine in Mumbai

It would have made most sense for Sandra Samuel to get out of there as quickly as possible. But she didn't. She couldn't. Little Moshe'le was calling her name...
 Chanukah & Kislev
Birthing Light — Illuminating the Month of Kislev

So "hitting rock bottom" is not the worst thing after all...it is only once we reach the bottom that we can actually be present to the new reality we are faced with. Only when we become present to a reality can we begin to move on from it...
 Editorial & Commentary
Beyond Words: When Things Don't Make Sense
 Women on the Weekly Torah Portion
How Rebecca Learned to Fly — Parshat Toldot
 Poetry
Miracle in Mumbai

Amid the madness a miracle in Mumbai
A child stands crying in Nariman House


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Dear Rachel
My son recently remarried and his new wife has three children from her previous marriage. Her three children are close in age with my son's three children. In addition to us being a bit overwhelmed and trying to adapt to this new Brady Bunch situation, I am not sure how to really integrate my new grandchildren into our lives...
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