Toras Imecha Parsha Parenting

What does the medrash teach us about walking in the ways of Hashem's laws and how can it help us juggle our many competing responsibilities?

There is a mitzvah to not pain people with hurtful words and it applies to children as well. How can we apply this mitzvah in our roles as parents?

It's easier to help someone before their challenge deteriorates, and it's also a mitzvah in this week's Parsha!

Why is Shemitta linked to Har Sinai and how does the answer she'd light on our role as mothers?

Pesach Sheini was taught to us through a group of men who yearned to do more. Do we desire and pursue growth? Do we inhibit or encourage our children's yearning to do more?

Let's try to look at our children with the same wonder and joy as we did when we first beheld them.

A thought from Tehilim to help us whether we're feeling stuck or harried.

Why are we taught the mitzvah of educating our young children in the middle of the laws for kohanim? What lesson of chinuch can Shevet Levi teach us?

Kedoshim asks of us even more than the 613 mitzvos. Too much? Or is aiming high and living with great expectations good for us?

The mitzvah to be holy was given to the entire congregation together because we develop holiness while living amongst one another, not alone.

Two pesukim in this Parsha give us insightful lessons of how to judge, and when necessary, rebuke, in a way that brings the other closer to us.

The beauty and value of waiting and working for something is a message of Iyar and one we should share with our children.

In order to affect change in others, we need to change ourselves first.

"V'chai Bahem" means to use your life energy, and be moser nefesh for the mitzvos. We do this today by giving of our energy, time, and selves to our families.

Timing is everything when it comes to correcting or directing our children.

Before we rush away from Pesach back into our busy lives, let's take a few minutes to recognize our achievements over the last week.

Good morning! I hope your Pesach prep is going smoothly. I am delighted to tell you that there is a beautiful Toras Imecha Pesach booklet, (artfully designed by Shira Gryll), ready for your enjoyment over Yom Tov. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_1lCtTYjxWcTGdJSkVFMDlMTXlkaGF0Z2pOTHhZRDhqdkpv/view?usp=drivesdk Enjoy! New thoughts are on hold until after Pesach. Have a great day!

Hashem didn't only take us out of physical bondage, He freed us from spiritual mindsets of slavery. Attitudes are easy to pass on to future generations and difficult to change. What attitudes are we sharing with our children?

What did Lavan do that was so terrible?

Why did Hashem first speak to Moshe in his father's voice? What is the power in our voices as we speak to our children?

Why aren't Yocheved and Miriam introduced with their proper names? What can we learn from that?

Welcoming guests in your home over Yom Tov fosters connections between your children and other adults which can develop into meaningful, healthy relationships.

In honor of the yahrtzeit of my grandmother, Bina Bayla bas Div Beryl, a look at the gifts of grandparents.

Rosh Chodesh Nissan imbues us with hischadshus, enabling us to have a growth mindset.

The hagadah is a Jewish manual for education, using many methods to touch our hearts.