It was erev Shabbos and the suits of
two of my sons were at the cleaners. My husband was going out so I asked him to please pick them up. Knowing that he had a lot on his mind, I reminded him two or three times before he left.

  A half an hour before Shabbos, my kids were getting ready. “Tatti, did you pick up my suit?”
  “Uh-oh! I forgot to go to the cleaners.” In my frustration, I was ready to say, “That’s why I kept reminding you, so you wouldn’t forget! Now they have nothing to wear

For years, one of Edna´s* favorite pastimes was to feed the residents of her small hometown´s Jewish Old Age Home. She felt good about volunteering and took great pleasure in keeping in touch with the residents – many of whom were friends and neighbors who could no longer live on their own. When a serious fall prevented Edna from living independently, she was transferred from the nearby hospital into the same Home where she had volunteered for more than a decade.

Edna was so familiar with the facility and its residents that she felt right at home. She also had sisters-in-law

Dear Sara,

I’m fresh out of an amazing year in seminary in Israel. I hadn’t thought much about what I wanted in a husband before seminary, but my teachers there really helped me appreciate the importance of Torah learning. I also visited many kollel families and was impressed by the beauty of their lives. Now I’m home and I told my parents I’d like to marry a learning boy. They just laughed.

My family is comfortable enough that I never had to worry about money, but not enough that they can offer any serious support. My mother keeps telling me that there’s

Dear Rebbetzin Weinberg,

I have a wonderful daughter-in-law. Everybody says so, and actually, I also think she is wonderful. She is very warm and friendly and always willing to help anyone. She invites people for meals, cooks for the sick, and welcomes guests to sleep at her home. In fact, she extends herself to everyone – everyone, that is, who is not in her family.

I don’t want to sound like the mother-in-law who is complaining about a daughter-in-law. I have always treated all my daughters and daughters-in-law the same in every way. If my daughter were treating her husband this way, I would say something to her. But I don’t know how to go about it with a daughter-in-law.

Dear Rebbetzin Weinberg,

I have a wonderful daughter-in-law. Everybody says so, and actually, I also think she is wonderful. She is very warm and friendly and always willing to help anyone. She invites people for meals, cooks for the sick, and welcomes guests to sleep at her home. In fact, she extends herself to everyone – everyone, that is, who is not in her family.

I don’t want to sound like the mother-in-law who is complaining about a daughter-in-law. I have always treated all my daughters and daughters-in-law the same in every way. If my daughter were treating her husband this way, I would say something to her. But I don’t know how to go about it with a daughter-in-law.

Dear Rebbetzin Weinberg,

I have a wonderful daughter-in-law. Everybody says so, and actually, I also think she is wonderful. She is very warm and friendly and always willing to help anyone. She invites people for meals, cooks for the sick, and welcomes guests to sleep at her home. In fact, she extends herself to everyone – everyone, that is, who is not in her family.

I don’t want to sound like the mother-in-law who is complaining about a daughter-in-law. I have always treated all my daughters and daughters-in-law the same in every way. If my daughter were treating her husband this way, I would say something to her. But I don’t know how to go about it with a daughter-in-law.