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I Am Alive

Life goes by very quickly and we sometimes forget the simple fact that we get up in the morning healthy. we’re able to breathe or able to walk or able to sing!

The song was inspired by Rabbi Miller‘s teachings my brother-in-law. Mr. Isaac Cohen every single week would ask his children by the table how many days since Rosh Hashana do we have to thank Hashem for the fact that We’re Alive?

I thought it was a great lesson to relate through song..
This song is a reminder that every moment of life is priceless!
340 is just one example of a number of days that I’m thankful that I’m Alive!!

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Enjoy these shots from the Chanukah Party 2023!

Chanukah is in the air!
This cookie dough is simple and delicious!! Take out some Chanukah cookie cutters and go to town and shape those cookies!! Surprise family and friends with something special this Chanukah!!

Thoughts on Chanukah – why do we focus on the miracle of the oil instead of the fact that our army defeated a much larger and more powerful army?

What happens when someone is born to a Jewish family, but that family does not practice? Is that person still Jewish? The answer is yes. And Olami’s Romeo-Adan Ventura knows first-hand what it’s like to be a “reconnecting Jew.” Thanks to Ventura’s curious nature, his willingness to explore and educate himself, and his own personal courage, he was able to find his true home within the Jewish community, even though it wasn’t a community he knew growing up.

Humanity, with all its remarkable achievements and intellectual prowess, remains inherently bounded by certain limitations. Even the most brilliant scientists or those who possess double Ivy League degrees in engineering find themselves reliant on professionals like accountants for tax assistance and doctors for medical diagnoses. This interdependence is a prevalent theme throughout the human lifecycle, vividly exemplified when a newborn depends entirely on their parents for sustenance and safety. As the infant matures and evolves, they embark on their unique journey towards success and personal development.

Danielle Gyles did not grow up Jewish. In fact, she grew up in the small Colorado town of Pueblo, where there is not a large Jewish population. “I love my hometown,” Danielle explains, “But it’s definitely one of those small towns that people don’t really understand. It was a blue-collar town for a very long time, and when the mill went under a lot of people lost their jobs. For a long time the city was scrambling trying to figure out how to keep their citizens.”

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