Words Unspoken

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Dear Divorcing Friends

We know that you’re both in terrible pain. But we need to say something to both of you

Words Unspoken

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Dear Kallah Who Just Broke Her Engagement

Feel the pain, but don’t allow it to give you the false impression that Hashem isn’t in this tzarah with you

Words Unspoken

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Dear Ima

I guess I can’t ask you to keep it open every week, just in case, but maybe I can

Words Unspoken

Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Dearest Zeidy

I wonder what you would do if you read this letter. But I’ll never find out

Words Unspoken

Tuesday, October 08, 2024

To My Former Yom Kippur Tablemate

And there we sat, you and I, for the next six Yom Kippurim — a wonderful “table shidduch”

Words Unspoken

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Dear Shadchan

“I have to be honest with you, dear. It just seems problematic to me that you’d want to take it easy at this age”

Words Unspoken

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Dear Student

My heart skipped a beat. Sudden tears pricked my eyelids. What was coming next? What didn’t I know?

Words Unspoken

Tuesday, August 06, 2024

Dear Seminary Girl on the Airplane

I thought that divorce meant saying goodbye to one person in your life

Words Unspoken

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Dear Daughter

“Please keep in mind that dan l’chaf zechus relates to parents as well”

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Dear Married Friend

“I promise you, it’s harder for me to speak to you than it is for you to speak to me”

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

To My Dear “Old” Friend

Should I have gone to visit you? Should I have ignored my concern that you wouldn’t want to see people? Should I have realized you might not make it to Sunday?