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Este Abramowitz

May 19, 2025, 5:34 AM

I read Israeli news a lot, so unfortunately I’m a bit desensitized like most people to crimes and tragedy. My husband who grew up in Israel in the 90’s and early 2000’s (during the time of the Intifadas and...

May 12, 2025, 6:57 AM

Be Wholesome

My husband recently went to a Melava Malka hosted by Oorah for their TorahMates program. An organization which partners observant Jews to learn Torah with other Jews who are non-observant but on their way, Oorah has a catchphrase saying...

May 6, 2025, 6:51 AM

Tears to Life!

My friend Rachel shared with me how her kids are very embarrassed when she gets emotional in front of them. Sometimes her husband shares a moving story at the Shabbos table that’s a tear jerker for her, and her...

May 1, 2025, 9:56 AM

Healer of Healers

Photo credit: Roth family. “Only a phone call away.”

There are some people who are unreplicable and irreplaceable. Rabbi Yosef Roth was one of the very few people I know who was just as unassuming as he was great, who was inwardly content and joyful, and who spoke...

Apr 9, 2025, 10:41 PM

Never Enough

Last year I greatly enjoyed being a Bubby companion for a local senior, bringing her to and from shiurim and appointments, taking walks together and doing light grocery shopping. Once I had my baby, I tried continuing the job...

Apr 1, 2025, 11:12 AM

A Life of Richness

Este Abramowitz. “Honoring our miracles.”

This past Shabbos, we blessed the new month. The Yehi Ratzon prayer is beautiful and rhythmic in all its blessings. I find that as you go through the words, each blessing is greater than the one that came before...

Mar 21, 2025, 6:41 AM

The Red Helper

A great Rabbanit once told me, “Sometimes we don’t know and we will never know why.” There are moments in life where we realize we could’ve done better and are able to recognize this; and there are moments that...

Mar 7, 2025, 10:03 AM

Ve’nahafoch You

Venahafoch hu is interesting since it’s vague and open-ended. Usually people translate this phrase as it or the decree was overturned: Haman’s decree of destroying all Jews on 13 Adar was transformed into a day of celebration! In speeches,...

Feb 23, 2025, 2:07 PM

Forever Faces

A familiar word relating to Jewish history and practice, genizah refers to sacred texts held in the cellars and attics of synagogues before being properly buried for posterity. We’ve heard of the Cairo Genizah, the city in which a man...

Feb 17, 2025, 11:48 AM

With joy, you will exit – כי בשמחה תצאו

If you have ever heard Yemima Mizrachi speak, you know that her speeches evoke laughter and tears and impart a deeply heartfelt authenticity. In a clip from a few months ago, Rabbanit Yemima, in her honey-sweet voice, discusses the...

About Me

Este Abramowitz is a Yeshiva English teacher and has a Master of Arts in Jewish History from Touro Graduate School of Jewish Studies. She lives in Lakewood, NJ with her husband and children.