I Burned Down My House… And Went on a Healing Journey
We had a fire when I was five years old, and I started it. I remember I wasn’t feeling well that day, and I was at home in my nightgown in the basement. My older brother put on a tape for me to listen to for entertainment. My father who worked the night shift was […]
How Shame Hurt My Emuna
I shouldn’t have survived, but I did. Laying in the ICU covered in tubes and bandages, I came back to this world flooded with the awareness of G-d’s unconditional love. I could feel it. I knew it as a reality. It wasn’t just that He saved me. It was that my brain and being, my […]
The Third Alternative
The Third Alternative is an alternate universe that is waiting for us to visit her. It’s a place of arriving, a place of surrendering control and being open, not only to possibilities, but to the possibility that there are so many possibilities you haven’t even begun to fathom. They say, “You teach what you need […]
Tying The Perfect Tichel Part 1
Hey, I always thought my name was Rivka Malka. But a while back I caught on that to a whole bunch of people, I’m simply “The Tichel Lady.” I’ve been covering my head with tichels (headscarves) for about 15 years now and truthfully I’m just as crazy about them as I always […]
The Best Tichel Ever!
Its pretty ironic that Jessie and I met at a wedding. You see, awhile ago when I first started wearing tichels, I had my little guidelines. I used to say ” I love to wear tichels, but for special occasions I wear a beautiful wig.” And that’s what I did. But I started to notice […]
Dear Sara Miriam, To answer your question……
hi aunty rivka malka! i figured doing the interveiw by email will be easier for me and you. Here are the ques. how did you grow in tznuis? (modesty) what influnced your growth? what were your challenges in tznuis? what helped you overcome these obstacles and difficulties? thank you soo much love you HI Sara […]
Video:Be a Smiler!
I can just see him, there by the door; his wife standing next to him as he waved good-bye to me. I was about to get married and this Rabbi said to me,”My wife is a Smiler. Be a Smiler.” I was young, so I smiled,and thought “Duh.Smiling? I got that one already! It’s simple, […]
Video: The Jessi Part 2
The message of “A Woman is a Home.” is really a message about modesty. Modesty – tzniut or tznius in Hebrew. I’m totally under qualified to speak about such an important topic, but I’ll share my little slice of the truth and I’d love to hear yours. What is modesty? Modesty is knowing your […]
Loneliness Part 2: (Settle in for a long read)
After writing “Loneliness,” the comments that I got made me realize that I hadn’t done the topic justice. Now, a few days later, and with your feedback, a few things are apparent to me. I originally wrote about loneliness for a simple reason: it needed to be said. If we’re going to grow, there’s […]
Video:A Bubble for my Son
Last week at WOW, I was learning Nefesh Chaya with my friend Stephanie. Rav Pincus was talking about the hidden world. In the old days, seeing was believing. If you believed in something invisible you were backwards and superstitious. In modern times though, we know that most of what we call reality is hidden. […]
