The Transformative Haircut, Praying to Be Wrong (and more...)

The Jewish Woman Dedicate an email Kislev 3, 5772 · November 29, 2011 This Week's Features Printable Magazine The Transformative Haircut By Beryl Tritel Praying to Be Wrong I'm a real perfectionist. And most of all, I hate being wrong. Those who love me will attest that it is both my greatest strength and my worst fault. Those who don't love me know this part of me better than the rest... By Sara Esther Crispe These Shoes Are Made for Walking Now that I've released my angst, and shared the trauma of countless hours pressing down on toes and humbly praying for help in choosing shoes that fit and last and that can be found tomorrow morning while the carpool is waiting in the driveway and beeping the horn, I can let my mind wander and wonder. There must be a lesson in all this... By Miriam Karp ALSO THIS WEEK ON THEJEWISHWOMAN.ORG: The Contributing Factor Parshat Vayeitzei A woman must cultivate a relationship with her Creator and use her mind to its fullest capacity. Only then, asserts the Akeidat Yitzchak, can a woman fulfill her second role as Chava, 'mother of all life', a role which crowns the role of isha. By Chana Kroll 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 . . . By Shimona Tzukernik I Made a Memory Today The crumbs on my kitchen table didn't get wiped away today. The ground turkey I defrosted didn't get cooked, either. By Iris Ruth Pastor Staying Calm A curious thing happens when you must be calm, when you don't have the luxury of expressing your frustration, when what you want to do and what you must do are irreconcilably at odds, and little can be done to alleviate the frustration of a body and mind that want but cannot have... By Marcy Rivka Nehorai Follow Us:   Featured Judaica: Mind Over Matter The Lubavitcher Rebbe on Science, Technology and Medicine Price: $28.95  $26.05 More from Chabad.org • Society & Living • Lifecycles • Daily Life • Jewish Holidays • Ideas & Beliefs • Spirituality • Parshah • Audio Classes • Video • Women • News • Kids • Calendar • Daily Study • Find A Center • Donate • Ask the Rabbi • Contact Us • Subscribe Be a Part of it Enjoyed this email? Please help us continue to share the study of Torah and Jewish traditions: Dedicate or sponsor an email to mark a special occasion Make a donation to chabad.org.   Subscription Options: Subscribe to more chabad.org email lists Subscription Management Going on vacation? Unsubscribe Your subscribed email address is: iqlalsmile.cara@blogger.com Change email address. Important Tip: To guarantee that your subscription emails continue to be delivered to you, please add subscriptions@chabad.org to your address book, or "whitelist" it in any filters or antispam programs you may have. © Copyright Chabad.org, all rights reserved.   Privacy Policy