The Heartbeat of a Mezuza

    My friend Rachel Zamoiski fell in love with a Mezuza case 2 years ago in Israel. She bought it then, and its been sitting in her house since. This year for her father’s yartzheit, Rachel decided to take on a Mitzvah in his merit. So we went to the Jewish book store and […]

“Baby, I love you!”

  I say what I’m about to say not because I think I’m some kind of expert. And not even because I’ve watched my parents beautiful Ā marriage – and they still dance in the kitchen. I say this because I’m reflecting back what 9 out of 10 young couples have told me and I can’t […]

Love and Loss OR Bitter Hearts and Better Hearts

    Has anyone out there experienced loss? Ā This one’s for you [written when my heart was broken]   Not all gifts are meant to last occasionally, a tree will bear some fruit, then stagnate with no continuity   And then the fruit – and not the tree in small delicious bites is the true […]

There’s a Bull in the China Shop!

    Live from the airport: Last night I got a call from my sister that a close relative had a serious scare and needed to be hospitalized. She said ā€œeverythingā€™s okay, he just wanted you to know that he had a procedure but heā€™s fine. Okay, hereā€™s what I heard ā€œHeā€™s in the hospital.ā€ […]

Wanted: Passionate Elephants!! – video

Wow! This is a great story! Horton is chased to the ends of the earth, shamed, exhausted and beaten – and he does it all for the little speck – of – dust- city on the clover. Now that’s an elephant with passion! But noone gets it. He looks so strange Nothing he says can […]

1,000’s of People Didn’t Wake up Today!

I learned a while ago about hisbodidus, spending time in personal prayer with G-d. And for the longest time I would take a daily meditative walk. I walked every day. I canā€™t stand the snow, and I canā€™t stand the cold but the winter was the best. I would spend the first half of the […]

Only One You

      A few months ago, I was sitting on the couch with my older sister, Chana Ita, and she says “Rif, you’re here” and she gestures with her hands, kind of belly level. “But you could be here” and she gestures about a foot higher. What the heck did she mean? I felt […]

Do you want to contact Rivka Malka about coaching school?