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Q: Hey Rabbi, it’s been challenging to break the bad habits of overeating from the chagim. I must’ve gained around 10-12 lbs. Now I need to get myself together and get rid of extra body fat. Besides not looking good, I feel more sluggish and have less energy for daily activities! Where do I start?
Alice Answers:
Eating a healthy diet is not about strict limitations, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the foods you love eating. Rather, it’s about feeling great, having more energy, improving your health, sleeping better, and boosting your mood.
Many drivers get traffic tickets, but most of them have no idea what to do in order to prepare for their traffic court appearance or what to do when they show up. To make matters worse, there are tons of people willing to give unsolicited “advice” that is mostly based on half-truths and only serves to hurt most peoples’ cases.
Recap: Bayla and Mimi visit the local zoo with their mother. Bayla knows something is terribly wrong in Poland. She overhears her father say he’s worried about leaving the family when he travels to Paris on business.
“All other birds rest on a rock or a tree when they tire; but when the dove tires, she pushes off the ground with one wing and flies with the other.”
(Midrash Rabbah B’reishis 39)
Bayla – 1939 Poland
“Mimi, have you noticed that Mama and Papa are acting strange lately? They’re always whispering, and they stop when we come into the room.”
(Courtesy of LiveOnNY) LiveOnNY announced it has hired Rabbi Ari Perl as Vice President for Jewish Community Engagement & Multicultural Education.
LiveOnNY is the federally designated organ procurement organization (OPO) which coordinates all organ donation and transplantation in New York City, Long Island, Westchester, Rockland County and the lower Hudson Valley.
