by Penina Taylor | Apr 12, 2016 | Living Intentionally, Uncategorized
Before I became observant, Passover was my favorite holiday. And then I became observant. And the festival of freedom felt more like a prison sentence. In an effort to make sure that everything was ready, I started the day after Purim – driving my family crazy. Every...
by Penina Taylor | Mar 14, 2016 | Parenting Intentionally, Uncategorized
Sometime around the age of three a child begins to become self-aware. From the moment they are born they slowly begin to become aware of the world around them – first it’s simply an awareness of their environment – the lights, the temperature, everything has changed...
by Penina Taylor | Mar 8, 2016 | Living Intentionally, Uncategorized
In order to be successful in anything in life – anything – you first have to make the conscious decision that you are not going to coast through life on autopilot. You have to decide that you are in charge of your destiny, recognizing that God gave you...
by Penina Taylor | Feb 2, 2016 | Living Intentionally, Uncategorized
It seems to me that each year there is a particular middah (character quality) that G-d is challenging me to work on. I’ve dealt with loshon hara (negative speech), giving charity with joy, and a wide variety of other qualities over the years. This year seems to be...
by Penina Taylor | Jan 11, 2016 | Living Intentionally, Uncategorized
I have spent a lot of time over the past few weeks talking with people about God. We have not only discussed the existence of God, and the gender(s) of God, but whether or not God qualifies as a “being” rather than a “force”. We have debated...
by Penina Taylor | Dec 27, 2015 | Living Intentionally, Uncategorized
I have just embarked on what will in the end effectively be a five week speaking tour. I am in England for almost two weeks and then I return home to Israel for four days before I head back out to the airport for three and a half weeks in the US. It’s the longest I...
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