Yesterday, I went shopping for Pesach. Usually, I’m not so organised, at all. But yesterday, I woke up with the idea that I could clean one room for chametz, already, and then buy most of the Pesach stuff and shove it there, so that’s one big chore off my list. So that’s what we did. It […]

Dealing with ‘narc abuse’ – the beginning of the discussion

Leaving the 'narc paradigm' behind Probably the best way of starting off this whole megillah of how to deal with extricating our souls out of the ‘narc paradigm’ that most of us are dealing with, from the very moment we’re born, is to…

Loose ends

I'm working on a fairly long post about how to deal with the fall-out from 'narcissist abuse'. BH, I'll put that up next. In the meantime, I got sent a few things over email that are connected to all the discussion about: The Vilna…

Update on the Rav

Translated comments from Shivivei Or 365 (week ending June 28th, 2024) Over the course of the week, the Rav was in the hospital, and the cholkim (opponents of the Rav) publicised all sorts of rumours about the condition of the Rav, may their…

Time for a change

No, I'm not deleting the blog again. (At least, not at the moment. Maybe another time, I'll share the real details of why I deleted it each of the last three times.) But, I AM going in a different direction here again - or really, returning…

The low tide

From where I sit, I see so many of us are running out of steam for all this. I just got an email from a good friend in the US, who was telling me about all the scary 'pro-Palestinian' stuff (aka: 'anti-Jewish) going on there.... And the never-ending…

Things are starting to move…

Yesterday, the Rav was back at the prayers again. He looked good, BH, he sounded strong, he was singing very loudly. Indeed. It's a good sign. I would even go as far as to say the Rav appeared to be in quite a good mood. Yes, I know…