Dear Beloved Soul, We made a deal before you were born. We made a deal that you would be in the final generation before Moshiach. We made a very difficult deal. You wanted to get this over with already, to fix your soul, finally, completely, so that Moshiach could come. You wanted to stop coming… Continue reading A Letter From God about Why Your Life’s So Hard (& What to Do About It)
Gratitude is the net that keeps us from falling off the tightrope of life into the abyss of despair. Okay, maybe it doesn't keep us from falling off the tightrope of life; we are bound to fall. But it catches us, like those circus acrobats who do crazy tricks and slip every once in a… Continue reading How Gratitude Keeps Us From Despair (What to do when the kids fight over Bubblegum)
I'm hesitant to write about my latest miracle, because I don't want pity or worry or judgment. So as you read this, can you please just focus on the miracle, the Truth in this latest event in the saga called Rina's life. April was Pesach and I missed a lot of work. (I work by… Continue reading Will Hashem Really Take Care of Me?
Wow, I do NOT have her kind of emuna (faith), I left the theatre thinking after watching The Wedding Plan. The kind to show up to a wedding without a groom, trusting that G-d will bring one. Quick movie summary: when Michal's fiance tells her he doesn't love her just weeks before the wedding, instead of… Continue reading Comparing Myself to Michal in “The Wedding Plan” (Movie Review)
The only point of life, really, I have come to conclude - is to complete your soul's mission. Rectification. Ascension. Purification. Learn the lesson your soul needed (or wanted) to learn. Take a step higher on the soul level. Tikkun. I love this word. It means "rectification or fixing." Rewind to reincarnation. I grew up… Continue reading When Your Soul Feels Unworthy (Spooky Signs from the Universe)
I'm still drinking that spiritual lemon water from last night. So my neshama (soul) is supposed to be great. Interesting. That's what's happening here. And I'm supposed to thank G-d for all the lemons. If you are completely confused, please read Lemon Water for Your Soul first then come back here. I've been contemplating a long time… Continue reading Thanking G-d for Life’s Bitter Lemons
I came to the synagogue with anything but emuna. I came with nerves about how we were paying for the speaker Rabbi Brody's team. I came with nerves that no one would show up. I came with nerves over who would say what when and where the podium would look best and whether the men… Continue reading Lemon Water for Your Soul (What Rabbi Lazer Brody Said)
First, what does Ahavas Yisrael even mean? Love for Israel. By Israel, I mean the people, the nation, the Jews, each other. Jewish unity. I just saw and felt what it looks like and feels like, coming back from a Jewish women's retreat made up of very diverse women. It looks like No Judgment. It… Continue reading What Ahavas Yisrael Looks Like
Can I rant about something totally meaningless for a moment? Lunchboxes! I bought my kids the most adorable animal lunchboxes. Here, see, aren't they adorable? Presumably, in my mind, if a kid takes his lunch to school in a cute lunch box it will make up for all my other failures as a mother. It will… Continue reading A Mommy Rant about Lunchboxes
I saw your face in the darkness of my mind, with my eyes closed and covered by satin in a quiet yoga studio. I saw your face smiling gently, when you loved me, if you loved me. The Soothing Mother reads poetry, truth: No Cloud Lasts Forever. As I lay dead as The Corpse. I let… Continue reading No Cloud Lasts Forever
Rina Means Joy 