Btw nice story- I always tell the women that it is a special time to ask for blessings etc. etc. but belief is a very hard thing to have….
For a while I told them that it is a special time to request children – so one woman went home and sweated away over the dough(she had 2 girls and desperately wanted a boy for her husband to bring to shul – they were becoming more observant etc. but she had 2 miscarriages and thought that’s that). This was a class before rosh hashana last year – she really poured it all out over that challah and conceived before rosh hashana then made a commitment to come to shul and jli classes the whole year so she’d have a boy and now she has a 6 month old baby boy.
Anyhow… I have my class once a month and don’t usually make challah every week but decided last week to do it for my mother. The kids were with me and I made the bracha and said a yehi ratzon that my mother should be able to use her own hands and bake challah very soon. I felt very positive and uplifted like the energy of the mitzvah was already working. I braided the first challah and literally one minute later Tzvi called me and said “did u hear the good news? Mommy is rubbing her eyes and moving her hands!” It was so special – I have a few stories that happened this week like that I know I need to blog it but if you could please tell me how to post….
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