HOME & FAMILY

Atarah was twenty-six. She was pretty and smart and very kind. All she wanted at any given moment was to do Hashem's will and what better way was there to do it than by setting up a Jewish home? What better way indeed? None. Atarah was convinced of that. She was just waiting and waiting and waiting for her `intended' to make his appearance and help her accomplish that.

Five Hellos
by Rifca Goldberg

The bottom line - you can't overlap children...

Cleaning Up
by Dvora Frankel

The empty area behind my house doesn't really belong to anyone. Like many other things that are everyone's responsibility, it winds up as nobody's responsibility. In fact, it winds up full of junk. A jerry can, fallen clothespins and a sponja shmatte are among the more readily identifiable items, but they're joined by many assorted bits of unknown — well, stuff — that no one wants but someone has tossed there.

Migration
by Batya Jacobs

For weeks now, as I pace along on my early morning walk, I have seen flock after flock of birds flapping their way southward. I look up, I see them and I say "Wow!" Each time, the sight of their V-shaped unison arouses me.

Positive Psychology: How Happy Are We?
Viewed in a Modern Context
by Sara Gutfreund

Psychology had traditionally focused on healing the dysfunctional segment of the population. Recently, the field of positive psychology has been concentrating on the healthy portion of the population and researching how to help people move from a neutral emotional state to a positive one. As chareidi Jews, we are commanded to be happy.

Stammering in Young Children
by A. Ross

"A stammer begins not in the mouth of the child, but in the ear of the parent"

Transitions
by Sara Gutfreund

Death: "At some point along this transition, we are forced to evaluate our purpose in this world and our eventual passage to the next."

Working Mothers
by R. Chadshai

A working mother is not just a woman working, she is primarily a mother, and after that she is a working woman. Women who are happy to have many children do not usually choose an absorbing career which will take up most of the day.

Your Medical Questions Answered!
by Joseph B. Leibman, MD

Medicine changes daily. I personally read about 100 medical articles a month, and condense them into a monthly periodical that I distribute called the Emergency Medicine Update (EMU). The information is presented in a practical and easy to read fashion. Your doctor can receive it free of charge by writing to me at jbleibmd@yahoo.com. EMU accepts no advertising, so you can depend on the contents to be free of bias.

Short Health Tidbits
By Dr. Reuven Bruner, PhD

Garlic - A culinary mainstay, garlic (Allium sativum) is also an antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal tonic. To help prevent or lessen the severity and symptoms of a cold, eat two cloves of raw garlic at the onset of symptoms.

POETS' CORNER

The Middah
by Yehudit Dolgin

It starts out hard,
It's brittle and sore,
It pains me to my very core,
I try to push it out my way,
It stays with me, and ruins my day.

I look to You and pray for help,
I long and plead, there's nothing else.
Alone, I'm weak, resistance low,
But You will show which way to go.

Next time it's hard, I try to bend,
I feel You there - and thenå
My will is fluid, it flows anew,
I find that holding on is true.

Freedom reigns, I even smile,
I learn patience for awhile.
I feel the strength, I'm in control,
My eye is focused on the goal.

Next time it's hard, I feel the pain,
But with Your help, I'll try again.