All Articles ByMoriah Luz

Days before her son’s bar mitzvah, doctors found a tumor on Nira Hershler’s optic nerve. Then came a surprise pregnancy, a marathon brain surgery—and 50 minutes of CPR. She and her baby both made it. Now, amid health challenges and money stress, she keeps choosing gratitude and the half-full glass.

A dream, a hidden cave in Peki’in, and a heartfelt prayer became part of Sarah Spielman’s remarkable path to Torah and family.