Shayna Goldberg, at The Blogs

Feb 17, 2023, 1:09 AM

Hard work, without fanfare: Mishpatim and my rebbe, Rabbi Moshe Kahn

Why the case of a goring ox (and other laws) interrupt the revelation at Sinai and the building of the holy Tabernacle

Nov 20, 2022, 8:37 PM

The fine line between admiration and adulation

Can we respect people without losing our ability to see them as real and fallible? Can we build connections to role models without making ourselves dependent on them? Can we be cautious and careful without being suspicious and cynical? These...

Oct 24, 2022, 1:00 PM

‘After the chagim’

After the chagim, the weather is suddenly chillier, boot and sweater season has arrived. After the chagim, the sun sets earlier, the days are shorter and darker. And after the chagim, the first rains fall, reminding us that God has heard...

Jun 1, 2022, 11:38 PM

Are We Ready for Shavuot?

“What are today’s barriers to fear of Heaven? What makes it difficult for people to feel religiously committed?” As I folded laundry on a Friday afternoon with only a few hours till Shabbat, someone posed this question on a faculty...

Mar 31, 2022, 6:05 PM

Terror, hope and a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore

Spring has finally arrived in Israel this week. This week, the weather is perfect. The sun is shining. The birds are chirping. The jackets have been put aside, and people are strolling in the streets. After a long winter, an...

Dec 29, 2021, 11:28 PM

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Speak up

10 ways that healthy conversation can ease our way, starting with the fact that when something feels off, it often is, and that alone warrants discussion

Nov 22, 2021, 11:59 PM

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Private parts are not all that is off-limits

School children in a classroom. (Danny Lawson/PA Wire via Jewish News)

If we want our kids to grow up to be healthy, autonomous, independent, self-reliant adults, we cannot teach them through fear, guilt, self-doubt, or shame

Jul 5, 2021, 7:22 AM

Ten years later

Today, we celebrated our 10-year aliyah anniversary. Ten years ago, we flew into Ben Gurion early on a Tuesday morning and stepped out into the hot July sun to begin our new life. We were nervous. Full of hopes and aspirations, with...

Jun 2, 2021, 3:30 PM

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The time I took my own advice… and wrote a book

I wanted to write about how fear gets in the way of good decision-making. About how trust is the key. I was sure it would help people. But I was afraid

May 13, 2021, 4:50 PM

What will tomorrow bring?

This morning I woke up (yet again) with an underlying sense of anxiety, that amorphous feeling in my stomach that something is not quite right. It takes only half a second to remember what that “something” is. Rockets, riots,...

About Me

Shayna Goldberg (née Lerner) teaches Israeli and American post-high school students and serves as mashgicha ruchanit in the Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash for Women in Migdal Oz, an affiliate of Yeshivat Har Etzion. She is a yoetzet halacha, a contributing editor for Deracheha: Womenandmitzvot.org and the author of the book: "What Do You Really Want? Trust and Fear in Decision Making at Life's Crossroads and in Everyday Living" (Maggid, 2021). Prior to making aliya in 2011, she worked as a yoetzet halacha for several New Jersey synagogues and taught at Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School in Teaneck. She lives in Alon Shevut, Israel, with her husband, Judah, and their five children.

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