Dr. Yoni Schnitzer and Ethiopian Kes Ephraim Lawi are convinced they are making history by translating the lost Ethiopian Shabbat midrash into Hebrew. "We are racing against time to translate the text before it disappears from the world," they emphasize. But how did this mysterious text even come to light?
Gideon Holland was a young boy when he began exploring the world and searching for meaning. In the following years, he became a famous artist, but it all came to a halt when he returned to faith and abandoned art in favor of Torah study. Now, three decades later, he is releasing a special book that takes him back to his childhood and his life aspirations.
Since she was a young girl, Tair Lev has been confined to a wheelchair but sees this positively and is always grateful. Today, at 33, she has launched a gratitude project via a special WhatsApp group, sharing inspiring stories of salvation.
After losing his son in a car accident on the eve of Shabbat, Moshe Sagron initiated a national quiz on Shabbat laws. "My goal is for as many children as possible to know the laws, and for Shabbat to be observed in as many homes as possible," he explains. As the quiz enters its 18th year, he's sharing his moving story and remarkable initiative.
Shmuelik Tasler was a brilliant and witty young man with a learning disability, but he couldn't learn. His teachers failed to understand until the day he decided to teach them a lesson. Now, fifty years later, he revisits his life's story and pleads: "Teachers, look for the abilities in your students, because they are always there."
After Suzy's home was bombed in the Blitz on London, she fled with her parents to the countryside, where she discovered her passion for art. What led her to the dramatic transformation of her life, when she converted to Judaism and moved to Israel?
Moshe Greenberg grew up in a Chasidic family, but when his brother left the yeshiva and joined the army, Moshe tried to follow in his footsteps. Now, over a decade later, Greenberg supports siblings of at-risk teens, asserting: "It's not enough to care for the teens who drop out, we must also give attention to their siblings."
Inside the Golan Heights workshop where every shofar is handmade, spiritually crafted, and infused with decades of devotion
Letting your kids binge-watch their screens? Researchers have found a direct link between early screen time and the development of metabolic problems later in life.
Liza Amihai struggled with postpartum depression for ten months, was hospitalized in a psychiatric ward, and underwent eight series of treatments. "I didn’t believe I would get through it; there were days I didn’t want to live," she shares.
Ittai Yom Tov is just 14 years old, yet he is busy promoting a large daily study project from the book 'Daily Yalkut Yosef'. "When I met Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, he was very impressed, and it gave me a lot of strength," he shares excitedly. But where did the idea come from?
When artist Karin Holzer's painting won first prize in a U.S. competition, she never imagined the journey it would take, from New Year's celebrations to the Israeli Knesset. Here's her story.
Chen, an officer in the IDF, began strengthening her Judaism but faced resistance from her husband and her workplace, which couldn't grasp the changes she was undergoing. Until everything miraculously turned around.
When the idea was proposed to have six girls with complex disabilities join a regular Beit Yaakov school in a specially designed class, it seemed like a dream. Now, as they enter third grade, the dream becomes a touching reality.
What happens to a woman who falls into postpartum depression, what makes her realize she needs professional help, and is there really a chance to get out of such a difficult situation? Dr. Vered Bar, director of 'Chava Clinic' at Sheba Medical Center, shares particularly moving stories.
Every Shabbat, approximately 200 girls attend the Tehillim organized by Vered Halili from Beitar Illit. She walks over an hour to meet them and buys gifts and valuable prizes with her money. "I'm not willing to give up; it's my privilege," she declares in an inspiring conversation. And what happened on the day she thought not to come?
Barry Meltzer is a sweet, charming, and captivating 6-year-old boy, but he is also allergic to many food products. What is life like for a child with a life-threatening allergy, and what can be done to help him? Chen Meltzer, Barry's mother, shares about life alongside the allergy and her special initiative on the topic.
During their week of *sheva brachot*, Shelly Erlich and her husband faced tragedy when her brother was killed in an accident. Eleven years later, Shelly and her sisters perform a play that embraces the pain alongside joy, and continuity alongside the enduring memory of their brother.
Naava Raphaeli and her friends cannot forget the day a suicide bomber appeared, blew himself up within a group of teenagers, and killed two of their friends and a peer. Now they are launching a unique initiative that connects all segments of the population in the country.
Children once labeled as dyslexic, older students who never acquired significant reading skills, and those moved to special education frameworks due to reading difficulties have found help through Michal Rangini's unique teaching method. She shares her insights.
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