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My teacher (and exemplar) Nechama Leibowitz z”l was fond of telling the story of a cab driver who once asked her if she knew what the difference was between a melamed...

I think about that role a lot I have an inborn need to connect to people I want very badly to be a successful mother to our beautiful children raising them...

A number of years ago we polled a group of modern Orthodox day school parents about the kinds of parent education evenings they would be interested in attending on topics having...

Who were your role models growing up? Stop and think for a moment about what individual or individuals had the greatest impact on you. Was it your parents? A grandparent? A...

“Dr. Lightman.  Pesach is looming. It’s f-f-f-f-family time. And my children are not exactly picture perfect. What am I going to do?” I remember those days. My children are awesome but...

Many parenting writers emphasize the importance of teaching gratitude to children in order that they be polite. While the concept of derekh eretz incorporates refinement and etiquette, a Torah outlook considers...

When asked to identify a Biblical personality associated with hospitality, there is one person whom we all would choose. Avraham Avinu, to whom we allocate the general accolade of ish chesed...

In recent years I have had the opportunity to research and lecture on technology ownership trends and behaviors among Jewish pre-teens and teens and study their impact on functioning. During that...

People are often amazed to discover that I still daven regularly – twice a day – even with one, two, three, four kids. I would hate to misrepresent myself or my...

It’s Sunday morning and I am engaging in the same internal battle that many frum parents experience: It’s the one “day off” of the week. Whereas every day, I need to...