https://www.chabad.org/search/keyword.asp?kid=10200 Newest articles written by Sheva Chaya Shaiman Copyright 2026, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. Mon, 01 Jan, 0001 12:00:00 EST Mon, 01 Jan 0001 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=443044 https://www.chabad.org/theJewishWoman/article_cdo/aid/443044/jewish/Gopher-Hunting.htm “Loser! You are wasting your higher education on changing diapers and wiping runny noses! You are squandering your potential on scrubbing dirty dishes and baking macaroni and cheese casseroles!” It’s at moments like this that I know that no tape or book or inspiring thought can provide the heavy-duty help I need . . . Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=411652 https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/411652/jewish/An-Intimate-View-on-Intimacy.htm To be intimate means to go into a place that is private, that is sacred, that is set aside. It means one person entering into the private, sacred part of another human being's existence... Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=410471 https://www.chabad.org/theJewishWoman/article_cdo/aid/410471/jewish/The-Grammar-of-Love.htm Are you searching for love in the present, or in your past? Are you looking for your soulmate or are you looking for yourself? Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=404905 https://www.chabad.org/theJewishWoman/article_cdo/aid/404905/jewish/Transforming-Waters.htm My tears mixed with the waters of the Mikvah, enveloping me in a warmth and love I had never experienced before. I knew I had come to the right place, at the right time, for myself, my family, and for G-d. Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=402244 https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/402244/jewish/A-Trick-of-the-Eye.htm Suddenly I saw a kaleidoscope-like view of all the individual candles, but they were no longer individuals. Each flame had burst into a circle of light, glowing within itself while extending outward... Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=337678 https://www.chabad.org/theJewishWoman/article_cdo/aid/337678/jewish/Riding-the-Birth-Wave.htm Giving birth with confidence demands that you commit to labor with the understanding and acceptance that it is not easy – otherwise they would have called it something else Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=335943 https://www.chabad.org/theJewishWoman/article_cdo/aid/335943/jewish/Chavah-Mother-of-All-Life.htm The first woman, Chava, is called the "mother of all life" for she is the source of joy, experience and creation. Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=336071 https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/336071/jewish/The-Wedding-Jitters.htm You are engaged. You are definitely glowing, though you're not sure if it is from joy or sweat. Where is the fairytale that you pictured for so many years? What is wrong with you? Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=163024 https://www.chabad.org/theJewishWoman/article_cdo/aid/163024/jewish/Birthing.htm It is painful, exciting, scary, unbelievable. There is no turning back. We were created to create, and it is time... Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=420702 https://www.chabad.org/theJewishWoman/article_cdo/aid/420702/jewish/The-Month-of-the-Bride.htm In Song of Songs, which explores the relationship between G-d and Israel through the metaphor of the love between a bride and her groom, we find expressions of both male-initiated and female-initiated love. Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1544 https://www.chabad.org/theJewishWoman/article_cdo/aid/1544/jewish/The-Wonder-That-Is-Woman.htm Everyone can become a “mother.” What comes naturally to the female half of creation can be learned and assimilated by all, and not only in giving birth to children, but in every one of life’s endeavors. Tue, 28 Mar 2000 12:00:00 EST