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On one foot
Articles, recipes, prayers and stories about family, motherhood and Jewish traditions.
On One Foot - A Lesson from the Chafetz Chaim
Rabbi Neiman related that he once attended a gathering of rabbis in Vilna at which the Chafetz Chaim spoke. This is the lesson he heard from the Chafetz Chaim: “If we wish to know whether a craftsman…
On One Foot - Three Stages of Child-Rearing
Child-rearing in the early years is divided into three stages. The first stage is teaching derech eretz and good character traits. Derech eretz is the foundation for putting the Torah into practice,…
On One Foot – A Suitable Groom
The gaon Rabbi Eizel Charif, may his righteous memory be a blessing, one of the greatest figures of his generation, came to Volozhin to find a groom for his daughter. Unable to examine all the yeshiv…
On One Foot - Education Made to Measure
Educate a young person in keeping with his inclinations. Anyone who tries to establish rules for education strictly in accordance with his own views, without taking the students into account, is like…
On One Foot – A Grandfather's Influence
It is said that grandchildren are like children, and the book of Exodus (10:2) explicitly states: “So that you may tell your son and your son's son how I punished Egypt, and about My signs that I per…
On One Foot - Learning to Find Balance in Parenting
The Gemara (in tractate Shabbat 67a) says that a tree that drops unripe fruit is painted red and surrounded with stones. Why? To weaken it... Sometimes a tree drops its fruit because it blooms too pr…
On One Foot - Why Is It So Hard to Observe Certain Mitzvot?
“Love your neighbor as yourself” (Vayikra, 19:18) We see people observing mitzvot with inspiration and enthusiasm. They prepare to fulfill a mitzvah, and when the moment comes, they try to do so as p…
On One Foot — A Son or Silver?
At the meal following the fulfillment of the commandment of redeeming the firstborn, at which Rav Kahaneman served as the kohen, he gave a speech and dwelt on the question the kohen asks the child’s…