Emunah Fialkoff

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Feb 5, 2024, 8:05 AM

Should We Be Relying on God?

As we read through the segments of the Torah that deal with the exodus of Egypt and the giving of the Torah, we are also reading through the moments in the Jewish story that serve as the foundation of...

Sep 18, 2023, 11:43 PM

For Young Mothers before the Chagim

As we go through the high holidays this year, many mothers of young children may be doubtful about what kind of experience they will have. Being tied to a baby or toddler, or even simply being on call for...

Sep 24, 2022, 10:59 AM

Coming Close on Rosh Hashanah When You Feel Far

Eleven years ago, I ushered in what was to be the most difficult Rosh Hashanah of my life. After getting accustomed to a sense of awe around the high holidays and feeling naturally drawn to put my strength into...

Sep 12, 2022, 11:50 PM

If You Can Only Do One Thing Before Rosh Hashanah

Last year, I had come up against what seemed like an impossible situation. Though I will keep the details of the situation private, I felt like I had truly run out of options. Amid my growing despair, I thought, why...

Jan 7, 2022, 8:43 AM

Is emotional realness the solution to abuse?

While reading about the Chaim Walder suicide, I was struck by conversations about what to do with his books. Burn them? Throw them away? Keep them? I scanned my book collection, and realized that I don’t own any Chaim Walder...

Jun 24, 2021, 10:20 AM

“That was the best parenting I’ve ever seen,” someone commented to me in the library last week. Despite several warnings to the contrary, my son had run across the carpeted floor of our library to the children’s books. I...

Apr 8, 2021, 10:23 AM

The meaning of ‘never again’ that you never noticed

What does the Holocaust mean? How could it have happened? These questions have been asked so many times they are almost cliché. We ask them because we feel powerless when we are faced with it. We have no answers. Yet while...

Jun 3, 2020, 11:44 PM

How the Nazir checked my outrage at rioters

When I first got the message about curfew and began to see the news coming in about the riots, I had a pretty visceral reaction. People are doing WHAT?? I thought. We watched footage of teenagers banging down plywood...

Jan 16, 2020, 8:28 AM

Beyond the Daf: Why Learning on Your Own Is Not Enough

Last Sunday, thousands of Jews celebrated the Siyum Hashas – completing the Talmud, a task accomplished by studying one page of Talmud every day for seven years. Some of us have heard stories of non-Jews who were deeply impressed...

Jul 20, 2018, 7:06 AM

Speaking to our children about Tisha B’av

Illustrative. Lego/Duplo blocks. (Pixabay)

My Duplo-loving son knows what it means to build, and he understood the destruction of God's house immediately

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About Me

Emunah Fialkoff is a ghostwriter and writing trainer. She is keenly interested in the intersection between religious life and mental health.