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Remembering September 11, 2001

Shabbat Parashat Ki Teitzei 5771 Yesterday, Melanie and I celebrated our wedding anniversary.  Over breakfast, Melanie and I exchanged cards in front of the kids and explained to them that “Mommy and Abba have been married for 10 years.”  Micah looked at us and asked, “were we there?”  Hannah wanted to know if she was [...]

It’s the Grown-up Thing to Do.

Parashat Ki Tetze 5770 Having young children in your home at times feels like being the anthropologist living among warring tribes of ruthless Ya̧nomamö warriors.  Take my two year-old twins (please).  I like to observe Hannah and Micah when they don’t think I’m watching.  It’s interesting to see how they figure out problems together (like [...]