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TheJewishWoman.org Update: April 4, 2010 | | The Month of Iyar |  | Transformation Through Love
— Sefirat HaOmer, Part I
By Shimona Tzukernik
We complain about not having the time or headspace to really tackle what matters most. But that’s a ruse. Deep down, avoiding our key tasks cuts us the psychic slack of being able to tell ourselves that we haven’t yet undertaken the mission, so there’s still hope . . . | | Inspirational |  | The Best Kind of Sick
— Pregnancy Through the Passover Lens
By Sarah Zadok
My nausea often renders me incapacitated for hours, even days on end, to which vomiting provides no lasting relief. My days are stained by actual or anticipated smells, and opening the refrigerator has become an act of bravery... | | Life Lessons |  | The Old Man's Song
— Visiting the Concentration Camps
By Miriam Shapiro
The bus drove by a group of schoolchildren. These children wore jeans, colored sweatshirts, sneakers—they looked like "real kids." My eyes met those of the little boy nearest the bus. I smiled at him, waving. The little boy raised his arm and pointed. "Zydi!" (Jews!) | | The Month of Iyar |  | The Other Side of Unforgivable
— Counting the Omer
By Tzippora Price
How can I expect to be forgiven if I have not extended the same grace to others, if I have not demonstrated with my daily behavior that we can treasure our relationships despite their imperfections? | | Passover & Nissan |  | Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk
By Shimona Tzukernik
As a young teen, I hung back in the shadows at parties. It seemed that I alone was never asked to dance. I was too tall, too curly, too dark, too smart… too something. Even though, in retrospect, it was a blessing, nonetheless, the girl I was at that moment and in that place shows up now, in full daylight... | | Women on the Weekly Torah Portion |  | Food for Growth
— Parshat Shemini
Split hooves, cud chewing, fins and scales, a tradition of edible birds—as lessons in parenting. | | The Young Poetess | | | A Ride To Reality
By Ita Greenberg
How can you just pretend
and lie to yourself
when the truth is
everything you think
is not true
it's fantasy
it's fiction
it's fake
and when you know
you're about to break |
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My husband had asked me a few weeks before my birthday what I wanted. Not really needing anything in particular, I smiled and said "nothing" telling him that being married to him was all I wanted. I was trying to be sweet...
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