Giving Just the Right Gift to that Special Someone

I was in the mall earlier this evening, this first night of Hanukah 2011, and saw a lot of people gathering around the gift stores, looking for the right gift for their loved ones and I was reminded of the Hanukkah gift shopping I used to do for my family as a child.  I remember [...]

Chanukah ~ Candles ~ Lights ~ Love

The other night I had the privilege of attending my daughter’s mesibat chanukah (Chanukah party) at her school.  I really enjoyed it!  It was clear that both the students and the teachers in my daughter’s class worked very hard, practiced a lot, and had a lot of fun putting on ‘the show.” At one point, [...]

Whom do YOU love?

The other day I did a project with my kids to help teach the concept of ‘loving your neighbor as you love yourself.’  I found a nice arts and crafts project on how to make hugging hands on a website called Chinuch.org.  We made these ‘hands’ out of oak tag and construction paper.  The kids [...]