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Mommy Peptalk for Moms who Hate Passover Cleaning

Chana Jenny Weisberg — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:38:35 GMT

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Mommy Peptalk: The Most Important Peptalk of the Year

Chana Jenny Weisberg — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:36:28 GMT

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Mommy Peptalk: Accessing the 4 Levels of Mothering Joy

Chana Jenny Weisberg — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:16:07 GMT

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Mommy Peptalk: Surviving the Mommy Minefield

Chana Jenny Weisberg — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:28:57 GMT

A simple tool to help every mom survive the most difficult of days.

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Mommy Peptalk: Where's My Pat on the Back?

Chana Jenny Weisberg — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:48:31 GMT

How moms can stay motivated even without the external recognition every person craves.

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Mommy Peptalk: Becoming the Best Possible You

Chana Jenny Weisberg — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:10:04 GMT

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Mommy Peptalk: For Women who Hate Housework

Chana Jenny Weisberg — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:50:54 GMT

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Mommy Peptalk: Overcoming Frustration 101

Chana Jenny Weisberg — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:44:06 GMT

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Mommy Peptalk: Remembering Rabbi Meir Chai HY"D

Chana Jenny Weisberg — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:48:31 GMT

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Mommy Peptalk: How to Stop Resenting and Start Living

Chana Jenny Weisberg — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:47:19 GMT

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The New Address for New Articles...

Chana Jenny Weisberg — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:04:33 GMT

Now you can check out my newest articles at the new JewishMOM.com BLOG!
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Mommy Peptalk: The Eternal People and the Jewish Mom

Chana Jenny Weisberg — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:02:53 GMT

The secret weapon of the eternal nation--the Jewish mom.

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Mommy Peptalk: The Star of the 50th Reunion

Chana Jenny Weisberg — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:00:41 GMT

Why I believe my mom was the true star of her 50th reunion.

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Mommy Peptalko Something

Chana Jenny Weisberg — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:57:10 GMT

How every Jewish moms can add some light to dispel the darkness this Chanukah.

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Mothers of Faith

Chana Jenny Weisberg — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:35:50 GMT

Mothers of Faith

November 10, 2009 by jewishmoms

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A year ago I saw an interview with a 47-year-old mother of 19 children named Sima Zalmanov. And she said one thing in that interview that I just cant get out of my mind.

The interviewer asked her: My wife is now in the 8^th month of her first pregnancy, and she is so uncomfortable, and she complains all the time. And you, Mrs. Zalmanov, have been pregnant pretty much non-stop for the past 27 years! Isnt it difficult?

Im sure Mrs. Zalmanov has answered this questions hundreds of times, and I presume it is a question that she has asked herself countless times as well, when her varicose veins ached, and when her overdraft edged further and further away from zero, and when the Zalmanov family pile of laundry loomed large above her head at 2 AM.

Without skipping a beat, Mrs. Zalmanov answered the reporter with the sincere and convincing declaration: G-d knows whats best for me.

And I just cant forget it.

G-d knows whats best for me.

Unbelievable.

Many years ago, I heard a lecture by prolific author and psychologist Dr. Miriam Adahan that I also havent been able to get out of my mind for all these years. She told us that for years and years she wanted nothing more than to have more children.

But her conversation with G-d, she recalled, went something like this

G-d, please, this year another baby!

Miriam, this year, another book!

G-d, please, this year another baby!

Miriam, this year, another book!

G-d knows whats best for me.

Unbelievable.

Every Friday night I stop by to see my friend and neighbor Hagit bat Leah, a mother of 5 small children who is presently fighting the battle of her life against a devastating case of cancer. Hagit has hit hard times before. Two years ago her family was homeless for 4 months. But Hagit is always, even at her darkest moments, a shining light of inspiration to everybody who is fortunate enough to know her.

Hagit has the strongest faith of anybody I have ever known. Simple faith (which all of us know is far from simple to acquire). The faith that a beloved, youngest daughter has in her own adoring father.

The purpose of my visits is to cheer up Hagit, but the truth is that Hagit always ends up cheering ME up.

This past Friday night Hagit told me that that day was her 38th birthday. What are you doing to celebrate your birthday? I asked her.

How am I celebrating? Hagit asked me with that defiant, teasing smile of hers on her lips.

I exist. Thats how Im celebrating, She answered.

G-d knows whats best for me.

Unbelievable.

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