Kislev: I see the Light
‘I’m sorry we broke into the nursery’ read the sign, ‘But we needed to water the plants. With love, the troops.’ Returning after the...
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The Rebbetzin's Monthly Musings
Welcome to Monthly Musings, where Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran reflects on the meanings and impact of each Hebrew month.
Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran
- Oct 15
- 3 min
Cheshvan: Listen to the Silence
Sometimes, there’s nothing to say. Now is one of those times. Our voices are broken, our hearts shattered over the cruel fate of the...
Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran
- Sep 22
- 3 min
Tishrei: Are We Dreamers
‘Inception’ is an ingenious science fiction film that is based on the premise that we can access the subconscious via dreams. For the...
Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran
- Aug 17
- 3 min
Elul: He’s Praying for Us
‘Who shall live and who shall die, who shall have rest and who wander, who shall be at peace and who pursued, who shall be serene and who...
Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran
- Jul 21
- 3 min
Av: The Solution
As Napoleon Bonaparte walked through the streets of Paris, the sounds of crying and mourning emanated from within a synagogue. It was...
Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran
- Jun 19
- 3 min
Tammuz: When the Stakes are High
The time read 09:00:46 on September 23rd, 1999, and after almost 10 months of blazing through space, the Mars Climate Orbiter finally...
Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran
- May 21
- 3 min
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...
Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran
- Apr 23
- 4 min
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...
Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran
- Mar 24
- 3 min
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,...
Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran
- Feb 22
- 3 min
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...
Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran
- Jan 18
- 3 min
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...
Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran
- Dec 23, 2022
- 3 min
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...
Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran
- Nov 24, 2022
- 3 min
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...
Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran
- Oct 24, 2022
- 3 min
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,...
Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran
- Sep 24, 2022
- 3 min
Tishrei: The Beginning of Everything
Tony Robbins, a prominent life coach, discusses a fascinating case of a woman suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder. This...
Rebbetzin Zahava Mimran
- Aug 27, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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