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Dearest WYWH Friends! May the joy you felt this Yom Tov Stay warm within your heart, And follow you throughout the year As a fresh beginning starts. With Parshas Bereishis comes a new page, A story to unfold, Where Torah meets your daily life, And timeless words turn gold. Let Write Your Way Through the Parashah Be your companion as you start, To write your way into the year, With Torah in your heart. Sincerely, Yocheved Purchase Now on Amazon! All WYWH books on Amaz

Sukkos is called זמן שמחתנו—the season of our joy. But sometimes, those words can feel more pressuring than uplifting. What if I don’t feel happy? What if Yom Tov is exhausting? What if parts of my life are painful, complicated, or far from the way I wish they were? Does simchah mean pretending that everything is wonderful? I don’t believe it does. On Sukkos, we gather the ארבעה מינים into our hands. Some are beautiful and fragrant. Some have taste but no fragrance, or fragra

Day 5: Your Personal Viduy

Day 3: It's very near to you.... The Teshuva Journey: Day 4 The Teshuva Journey: Day 3 The Teshuva Journey: Day 2 The Teshuva Journey: Day 1

Day 3: Which part was mistaken? The Teshuva Journey: Day 3 The Teshuva Journey: Day 2 The Teshuva Journey: Day 1

Day 2: Return to the Greatness that is Within The Teshuva Journey: Day 2 The Teshuva Journey: Day 1 Please Note: Many of you have reached out to ask whether you may share this Teshuvah Journey with friends and family. Yes, I would love for you to help spread the word! Imagine the powerful transformation we can create when Jewish women throughout Klal Yisrael take a few precious minutes during these transformative days to reconnect with themselves, with their greatness, and

Day 1: How to do Teshuva Right Now Over Rosh Hashanah, I thought of you. I thought of all the beautiful women who make up our community, each with her own story, struggles, hopes, and tefillos. And I davened for all of you: that you should be blessed with a year of revealed goodness, healing, growth, connection, and joy. As I was davening, something struck me. The language of writing appears again and again throughout the Rosh Hashanah davening: Hashem, write us for a good ye

May the year ahead be written With the most beautiful stories yet to unfold Pages filled with healing and growth, With joy, connection, courage, and hope. May each word bring you closer To your truest self and to Hashem, And may you be written for a sweet, blessed year, As you write your way home. Warmest Wishes, כתיבה וחתימה טובה! Yocheved

Tamar Ansch's free annual hafrashas challah kennes: Thursday, September 3 7:30 pm Israel/ 12:30 noon EST Together, everyone will: Be mafrish challah—just bring your prepared dough to the screen. Daven as a worldwide group for a good, sweet, safe year for ourselves, our families, and all of Klal Yisrael. We’ll also say the Yehi Ratzon for the Geulah with heartfelt kavannah. Hear short divrei chizuk from two inspiring speakers: Rebbetzin Rachel Kushelevsky Rabbi Paysach Krohn W

Have you sat down at the Shabbos seudah and wondered which parasha it is? Have you been told which parasha it is and you tried to remember what that parasha talks about? Have you wished you could bring the meaning and power of the parasha into your actual life? How the experiences of the Avos and Imahos, the struggles of Bnei Yisrael, and the timeless teachings of Chazal can help you understand what is happening inside you—right now? And now, as we begin a new year, we have a

COURSE BEGINS THIS TUESDAY! The Guided Route Know Your Destination: The Waze and the Ways A live three-week course as we explore the questions that matter most before the Yamim Noraim. Through Torah sources, reflective writing, and meaningful conversation, we'll clarify where we are, where we long to be, and the small, intentional, and practical steps that can start to bridge that distance. Tuesday 1:30pm EST Begins August 25 Zoom Elul Series The Scenic Route Write Your Way T

It's Rosh Chodesh Elul, at long last. These days there is a popular terms in the therapeutic world: Rupture and Repair. But, actually, rupture and repair is not a new therapeutic concept. It was created before the world itself. Before Hashem created the world, He created Teshuvah. Hashem knew that an inherent part of life is rupture, so He built the power of repair into the design of creation. We experience rupture and repair in all three of our primary relationships: Our rel

As Elul approaches, in what is often both the busiest and the slowest time of the year, I keep thinking about something we all do without even realizing it. We get into the car, and before we even pull out of the driveway, we open Waze. Why? Not because we don’t know how to drive. But because we want to know how to get to our destination. Elul, the end of one year and the beginning of another, is coming. Between the school supplies, Yom Tov menus, new clothing, and to-do list

Tomorrow: Tu B'Av Class Is it a dance of the past or of the future? Where do you fit into the dance? Tomorrow, Wednesday 1:30 EST / 8:30 ILT Tu B'av Class

In just a few hours, we'll sit on the floor. We'll dim the lights, remove our leather shoes, and begin reading Eichah once again. And we wonder - How do we mourn for something we've never known? How do we cry for a Beis HaMikdash we never saw? This week, while preparing for Tisha B'Av, one word kept echoing in my mind. Chazon - Vision. We often think of Chazon as referring to Yeshayahu's vision of destruction. But throughout our tefillos, we ask for another kind of vision: ות

It's Rosh Chodesh Av. We are entering the month that holds two opposites more intensely than perhaps any other. It is the month of churban. And it is the month in which Mashiach is born. We mourn what we have lost, yet we spend the month anticipating what we have not yet seen. Every day, after davening, we say the words of Ani Maamin: "Achakeh lo b'chol yom sheyavo" — I await him every day that he will come. The Rambam goes even further. He writes that it is not enough to bel

It's Rosh Chodesh Av. We are entering the month that holds two opposites more intensely than perhaps any other. It is the month of churban. And it is the month in which Mashiach is born. We mourn what we have lost, yet we spend the month anticipating what we have not yet seen. Every day, after davening, we say the words of Ani Maamin: "Achakeh lo b'chol yom sheyavo" — I await him every day that he will come. The Rambam goes even further. He writes that it is not enough to bel

It's Rosh Chodesh Av. We are entering the month that holds two opposites more intensely than perhaps any other. It is the month of churban. And it is the month in which Mashiach is born. We mourn what we have lost, yet we spend the month anticipating what we have not yet seen. Every day, after davening, we say the words of Ani Maamin: "Achakeh lo b'chol yom sheyavo" — I await him every day that he will come. The Rambam goes even further. He writes that it is not enough to bel

This is my last email before tomorrow. As I write this, there are only a few spots left. By this time tomorrow, a circle of women will be gathered together—writing, breathing, laughing, reflecting, and giving themselves the gift of a day away from the noise of everyday life. If you've been thinking, "Maybe I should..." this is your moment. Sometimes we wait until life calms down before taking care of ourselves. More often, it's taking care of ourselves that helps life feel ca

Dear Friend, This is my last email before tomorrow. As I write this, there are only a few spots left. By this time tomorrow, a circle of women will be gathered together—writing, breathing, laughing, reflecting, and giving themselves the gift of a day away from the noise of everyday life. If you've been thinking, "Maybe I should..." this is your moment. Sometimes we wait until life calms down before taking care of ourselves. More often, it's taking care of ourselves that helps