The Rebbetzin's Monthly Musings

Welcome to Monthly Musings, where Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran reflects on the meanings and impact of each Hebrew month.

Sivan: Creating Unity from Duality

From the age of 4 weeks old, identical twins Jim Lewis and Jim Springer were raised apart. Yet fascinatingly, when they were finally...

Iyar: Harness your Strength

There’s the joke of the agricultural inspector who goes out to a farm to do inspections. He calls out in the yard upon his arrival, but...

Nissan: Hold your Head High

Long ago, a nation of princes was enslaved. Employed in backbreaking labor and subjugated with harsh abuse, beatings, and even deaths,...

Adar: Be Happy!

It was 1997 when Billie Bob Harrell Jr.’s struggles were finally over. After winning $30 million in the lottery, he quit his job at Home...

Shevat: The Perfect Balance

In the dry and arid desert of a continent far from ours, East Africa is currently experiencing its longest and most severe drought on...

Tevet: The Light Within the Dark

Over 2000 years ago, in this very month, Egyptian-Greek Emperor King Ptolemy gathered 72 torah sages and locked each of them into a...

Kislev: Fly like an Arrow

More than a millennia ago, in a small country savaged by changing leadership and war, there dwelt the Jewish nation. Whilst the...

Cheshvan: Rise From the Ashes

It’s Cheshvan and it’s dark. After the dizzying heights of Tishrei where we crowned G-d as king, where we stood before Him like angels,...

Tishrei: The Beginning of Everything

Tony Robbins, a prominent life coach, discusses a fascinating case of a woman suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder. This...

Elul: The Month of Love

It’s the last scene. In the midst of the windswept field stands our gallant hero, face fixed in stony acceptance. Besides him, tears...