Yakov Horowitz, at The Blogs

May 2, 2022, 9:35 PM

When I was young, I just felt bad for myself on my father's yahrtzeit day. When the kids were young, I didn’t have time to really think much at all. Nowadays, when life is quieter, and amid all the gifts Hashem has...

Mar 10, 2022, 11:50 PM

You Don’t Know Their Struggles. You Don’t Know Who Struggles.

Ten years ago, I felt a tap on my shoulder during prayers on the first day of Rosh Hashanah and saw that a middle-aged man was motioning for me to join him outside. “Rabbi, I need a hug,” he said,...

Jan 6, 2022, 5:17 AM

I Met Chaim Walder and Almost Became His Partner

Here’s What I Didn’t See The original, English version of our “Let’s Stay Safe” child safety book was published in the summer of 2011 in partnership with Artscroll/Mesorah, and in 2014 we released “Zai Gezunt,” the Yiddish Version, and began...

Jan 2, 2022, 2:28 PM

Our Kids Need Protecting, Not Our Community

Keep Child Safety “The Main Thing” A magnificent quote by Stephen R. Covey is, "The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing." Covey is reminding us to keep the main thing (what we profess to hold as...

Dec 15, 2021, 5:19 PM

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Blending families

Whether we kids were his, hers, or theirs, it didn't matter, Abba treated us all like his own flesh and blood – but he never tried to replace our father

Sep 19, 2021, 10:36 PM

Child abusers do not rest on holidays

Supervise and educate to help keep your children safe over the chagim/yom tov. Along with the joy and happiness of holiday seasons comes an increased risk of the unthinkable happening to our precious children. In fact, many people who are active...

Jun 25, 2021, 3:42 PM

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Practical tools to keep your kids safe in the summertime

Teach your teens to be healthy and safe while they have fun, or forbid too much, and they'll likely stop listening and do their own (more risky) thing

Mar 12, 2021, 5:43 PM

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What they do, not who did it

Yehuda Meshi Zahav, head of Israel's Zaka rescue unit, at the scene of a suicide bombing. (Flash90/File)

Important take-aways from the sex-abuse charges against ZAKA co-founder, Yehuda Meshi-Zakav

Mar 26, 2020, 10:01 PM

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Which God are you praying to with bloodstained hands?

Israeli police officers seen in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim, as they close shops and disperse public gatherings following the government decisions in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus. March 22, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

God said to suspend Shabbat to save human life. He said to follow the laws of our lands. Yet so many claim to believe in Him and defy those rules, letting the bodies pile up

Aug 21, 2019, 9:17 PM

Please Don’t Orphan Your Children

In his classic poem, The Rainbow, William Wordsworth coined the phrase, "The child is father of the man." Those famous words are the subject of much discussion as they are open to a wide range of interpretations. Perhaps the...

About Me

Rabbi Yakov Horowitz, founding dean of Yeshiva Darchei Noam of Monsey, and director of Bright Beginnings, is an innovative educator, author, and child safety advocate. He is the publisher of two child safety books that are in over 120,000 homes in three languages, as well as the groundbreaking Bright Beginnings Gemara and Chumash workbooks that are in over 100 schools. He received the prestigious 2008 Covenant Award in recognition of his contribution to Jewish education. His most recent project is the Bright Beginnings Under-a-Minute Parenting Clips posting daily videos by Rabbi Horowitz on a wide range of topics on Instagram @brightbeginningsforum, and via WhatsApp by messaging “Sign-Up” to 845-540-2414. Rabbi Horowitz conducts child abuse prevention and parenting workshops in Jewish communities around the world.

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