How to NOT Treat a Man
“When is comes to marriage, women are the catalyzing force for the nature of their relationship with their husbands.”
Like Mother, Like Daughter
One thing about being a mother that never ceases to amaze me is how our kids are always watching us. Always. Their antenna is always on and picking up signals from us. Forget Mommy, I’m thinking it would be more helpful is they just called me RM. No, not Rivka Malka, that’s RM for Role […]
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 […]
I’m Disconnecting for About a Week
Today I’m going camping. I think they call it glamping – as in “glamorous camping” because we’ll be in cabins and have electricity. But I’ll be away. This trip is epic because all 8 siblings from my husbands side and their families will be there. Were getting together from Israel, […]
Neshama Learns about Hope
Our eight year old Neshama is an angel. She’s playful, spiritual, insightful and a tomboy. She’s also dyslexic. This year has been beyond hard for her. Being left back in first grade means that the kids in her class are a year younger than her. Â That’s hard. and even with that reading hasn’t […]
Mudfight!
We arrived at Patabsco River at 2:30 in the afternoon. The kids had been itching to go after being home all morning while I was out. In under two minutes, the kids were in their bathing suits and swimming happily. I stood at the edge of the river, my eyes darting back and forth […]
The Jewish View on the Messiah
Did you know that there are thirteen principles of faith upon which Judaism rests? These principles are the outline for our understanding of our relationship with G-d, with the Torah and with history. If you never heard of this, you’re not alone. Many people, Jews included haven’t. One of […]
Cholent
My husband (pictured here, with my daughter Hadassa) makes the cholent. And he does a seriously good job. If you’re not familiar with cholent, think like this; Cholent is to Jews what minestrone is to Italians. We make it Friday afternoon when we’re preparing for Shabbos and it simmers happily until we serve […]
Shopping with Rivka Malka ( and a little rant!)
I hope this video opens up some doors and lets women know how accessible tichels are! It’s still fun to buy them online from tichel stores because those tichels are tried and tested for size and texture. It’s also fun because then you get to support other women in business , which is way more of a kick than […]
Video – Sisters, Working Moms and Stay at Home Moms
Between all my many siblings I could write a book. No,I could actually write a separate book about each one. There’s a whole heap of us (girls alone -4 –  plus our adopted Russian sister.) And as you can imagine we’re all really different. (my family, before we adopted two more. I’m in the little […]