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There’s a lot brewing at Write Your Way Home, and I’d love your input! Inside this email, you’ll find: A survey to help me understand what you’d most like to see at WYWH. Whether you join regularly, occasionally, or are still considering it, please fill out the survey. Your answers will help me plan offerings that speak to what you are looking for. Winter course details - I know that so many of you are waiting to hear details. Individual Cheshvan classes - If you're nervous t

It’s already nighttime here in Eretz Yisrael but you still have a drop of time to join us. This is my final reminder: registration for Write Your Way Together is closing. Tomorrow, our membership begins. If you’ve been thinking, “I want to do this,” but haven’t signed up yet, the door is still open a drop. Come on through. Make room this year for your own voice. For Torah inspiration, therapeutic writing, and a regular space to process what life brings, and discover your next

“I’d love to. I’m just not sure I have the time.” Maybe that’s where you are with Write Your Way Together. You’ve read the emails. Something speaks to you. But there’s a full life to manage, and you wonder whether you can make room for one more thing. I understand. Yet the need for a little space to hear yourself doesn’t disappear when life gets busy. The question you keep putting aside. The feelings you haven’t had time to understand. The change you want to make, but haven

Parenting. Relationships. Health. Personal growth. So many courses are starting now. Each offers something valuable, and choosing can feel overwhelming. What do I need most? Whose approach should I follow? What will actually help me? Before you choose another voice to listen to, I’d like to invite you to hear your own. You have lived, struggled, learned, and discovered. There is wisdom in your experience that deserves your attention. Let’s try something. Think of one moment w

It’s an exciting Shabbos for the Write Your Way Home community! This Shabbos is Parshas Bereishis, and many members of our community have started Write Your Way Through the Parashah this week, beginning a new journey of Torah, writing, and self-discovery. Mazel tov on your beautiful beginning! May each parshah bring fresh insight and a deeper connection to Hashem and your own story. Next week, some of you will begin our new Write Your Way Together membership year. Mazel tov t

Yesterday, I invited you to join Write Your Way Together. I could tell you more about the classes, the writing, and the connection. But today, I’d like you to hear from the people who have experienced it themselves. What does it mean to have a regular space to pause? What happens when you put pen to paper, and begin hearing something you hadn’t been able to hear before? Here are two personal reflections, shared with warmth and gratitude. I’ve been doing therapeutic writing wi

A new year. A full life. Where is the space for you? Space to hear yourself. To work through what weighs on you. To connect to Hashem and discover your next step. Whether you’re carrying inspiration from Yom Tov or longing for a fresh beginning, you deserve a regular place to pause and grow. That’s why I’m inviting you into Write Your Way Together—a welcoming community that brings Torah wisdom and therapeutic writing into your everyday life. Beginning Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan,

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

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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

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