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Back to School as a Jew? Here’s What No One Tells You | Jewish Back-to-School Part 1

Back to School, But Make It Jewish Whether it’s preschool or grad school, back-to-school prep isn’t just about new pencils and fresh planners. For Jewish families, students, and seekers, this time of year brings a whole new layer of questions: How do I fit Shabbat into a school schedule? What does Jewish rhythm look like

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Amazon Prime Day for Jewish Converts: What to Buy (and What to Skip)

You’re Trying to Build a Jewish Life—and Suddenly You Need Stuff Books. Candlesticks. A prayerbook. A second set of spatulas. A better lamp for Zoom rabbi meetings.Building a Jewish life is beautiful—but it’s also a lot. If you’re converting, returning, or starting Jewish life from scratch, you already know that Jewish living isn’t just spiritual—it’s

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Overwhelmed by Pesach?

Feeling overwhelmed by Passover prep? You’re not alone. But here’s the truth: dirt isn’t chametz. In this quick video, I break down what you actually need to clean, what’s just social media pressure, and how to make your Pesach prep more grounded and less panic-driven. Watch below to reclaim your calm – and maybe your

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Introducing “Pesach Without Panic:” A Guide for Conversion Candidates, Beginners, and the Overwhelmed

Let’s be real – Pesach prep can feel like too much. Between cleaning, kashering, meal planning, and trying to remember everything to do, it’s easy to spiral into overwhelm. Especially if you’re a conversion candidate, doing this without a clear roadmap can feel impossible. That’s exactly why I created Pesach Without Panic. This guide is

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Pesach is Coming. Yes, Chametz Applies to Pets Too

Your dog may not be dipping into the kugel, but their kibble still counts. In this quick video, I walk you through what you actually need to do with pet food for Pesach – including chametz ingredients, kitniyot concerns, and how to avoid digestive drama by not switching their food cold turkey. Transcript is below.

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Pesach: The Red Sea Beach Diet

Tonight starts Passover. Despite being chol hamoed, I intend to have posts next week.  I hope you have a chag kasher v’sameach! So. Pesach is here. Let’s assume this is your first or second Pesach (particularly speaking to those of you who haven’t converted yet), and that you’re trying to “do it all” this year.

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Pesach Cleaning Got You Down?

I hope you all enjoyed my prank yesterday! That is the only successful prank I’ve ever done. I am physically incapable of playing a prank because my face gives it away every time. Enter…the anonymity of the interwebz. If you have no idea what happened, check out this explanation: What Is a Rick Roll? And no, I’m

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Types of Mikvaot

So you’ve heard of the mikvah because a conversion requires it. But did you realize there are different kinds of mikvahs?? The women’s mikvah, of course. That’s where most conversions happen, female or male. It’s the nicest and usually also the cleanest. It’s made for single-person use and is primarily used for taharat hamishpacha reasons.

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How to Choose a Waiting Time Between Meat and Milk

In short: Just pick one. Your options: A full 6 hours 5 hours and one minute 3 hours 1 hour (Almost no one does this, and you better be able to say you’re Dutch or in a Dutch community. I have a Dutch name, I really should have considered this option.) I believe there is

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Why Being an Orthodox Jew Is Expensive

There is a lot that can be said on this topic, but we’re going to touch on the major causes superficially. This is basically a warning to make sure you realize what you’re getting into. After the steep cost of the initial set-up, living Jewishly doesn’t seem that much more expensive to the average single

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