Mishpacha Magazine

1 week ago | mishpacha.com | Cindy Scarr

Is this chinuch? This tiptoeing around parents in the name of misplaced rachamim? Dear Administrator,It’s been a rough year. I called it from Day One, when I asked for support for my student, whom I saw was having difficulty. And that was before I found out about her difficult summer experience and her hard year in nursery. I have been teaching for a very long time. I’m a successful morah; parents request me when placing their children in preschool.

1 week ago | mishpacha.com | Cindy Scarr

Three doses of inspiration to lift the spirit and soulAround the Campfireby Mindel KassorlaMYwedding day was beautifully orchestrated down to the finest details, and thankfully, I had nothing to do with it. My mother did a spectacular job. I spent my entire engagement in Eretz Yisrael, so I quite literally showed up in Brooklyn with a gown, ready to dance.

1 week ago | mishpacha.com | Cindy Scarr

Can perfectionism be healthy? There seems to be an emphasis on “perfectionism” in the frum world. I’m wondering if this is based on the Torah idea of self-improvement or is a reflection of the industrialization of the self-help movement and the Western world’s emphasis on looking and being perfect under the guise of becoming “your best self.” When people talk about “perfecting one’s middos,” is this a healthy, realistic concept or does it promote perfectionism and even obsessiveness?

1 week ago | mishpacha.com | Cindy Scarr

The tzaddik receives both his portion and the portion of the rasha in Gan EdenRashi quotes the Gemara (Bava Basra 118b) that Yehoshua and Kalev were given the portions in Eretz Yisrael that would’ve been given to the other spies. Rav Aharon Kotler quotes the Gemara (Chagigah 15a) that the tzaddik receives both his portion and the portion of the rasha in Gan Eden. The purpose of Creation, and the reason the world continues to exist, is due to the observance of Torah and mitzvos.

1 week ago | mishpacha.com | Cindy Scarr

Can AI write your kid’s report card? Yes. Should it? Buckle upBack when I was in elementary school, getting report cards was a whole big deal. The way it worked in our school was that on “report card day,” which was always on a Thursday, the principal made rounds from classroom to classroom to personally hand out report cards. We would fidget in our seats all morning, eyes peeled to the door, in either apprehension or anticipation of the big moment, depending whom you asked.