About the Author

Yael Zoldan M.A.

When I DavenYael Zoldan is a freelance writer and author of four popular children's books, including, "We Can Do Mitzvos from Aleph to Tav" (Feldheim, 2009) and “When I Daven” (Feldheim 2011). Her new books, “We Can Do Mitzvos Around the Jewish Year” (Feldheim, 2014), and “Shimmy Shambone will NOT Take a Bath” (Feldheim, 2013) are available in bookstores and online.

The Truest Prayers

The Truest Prayers

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They're not pretty. They begin when we put down the facade of competence and acknowledge that we can’t manage, we can’t handle, we can’t fix.

I’m Not Asking for Much This Rosh Hashanah

I’m Not Asking for Much This Rosh Hashanah

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As the New Year is rapidly approaching, I’m relieved to know that this year I’m not asking for too much.

So We Fixed It? A Child's Thoughts After Tisha B'Av

So We Fixed It? A Child's Thoughts After Tisha B'Av

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It may not be burning anymore but it still isn’t fixed.

Invitations to Heaven

Invitations to Heaven

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As we prepare for our son’s wedding, I’m thinking of all the people who touched our lives.

A Granddaughter Without

A Granddaughter Without

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From beggars and millionaires to Kabbalists and cynics, everyone was captured by my grandfather’s warmth.

Children and the Art of Saying Sorry

Children and the Art of Saying Sorry

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Learning how to say sorry from our children this Yom Kippur.

Joy & Tisha B’Av

Joy & Tisha B’Av

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In the terrible, wonderful paradox of the Jew in exile, we are permanently, gratefully, happy. And temporarily, terribly sad.

Hitler Lost Again

Hitler Lost Again

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How my grandfather defeated Hitler.

The Language of Love

The Language of Love

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I miss the mad sound of the language, the delicacies on doilies, the coiffed women with dangling earrings.

Hanukkah: The Force Awakens

Hanukkah: The Force Awakens

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In a dark world, you must be the light.

A Different Sorrow

A Different Sorrow

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Mourning for the wholesome world I once grew up in.

What God Must Feel

What God Must Feel

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Because I’m a mother, I know.

These Small Lights

These Small Lights

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Chanukah reminds us that we are not the same as everyone else.

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is…

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My son is running against his best friend and I'm afraid.

In the Sukkah

In the Sukkah

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In that temporary shack we felt our permanence.

The Yom Kippur Dare

The Yom Kippur Dare

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Do I ask God for another chance, a chance I know I don’t deserve?

The Telemarketer

The Telemarketer

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Sometimes, you have to throw away the script.

Earning My Freedom

Earning My Freedom

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In a world of Facebook and Twitter, is anyone special? Preparing for Passover I discovered an answer.

My Purim Costume Fantasy

My Purim Costume Fantasy

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This year, finally, my family will join the ranks of those paragons of virtue, those models of creative efficiency: The Ones with the Themes.

The Ladies Auxiliary

The Ladies Auxiliary

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My grandmother and the terribly hot summer in Brooklyn.

In My Father's World

In My Father's World

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My father's love asserted itself in distinctive ways.

A Sacred Remembrance

A Sacred Remembrance

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Shavuot was the day my grandmother arrived in Auschwitz.

Passover's Magic

Passover's Magic

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Passover is coming and I have entirely missed the point.

Gorgeous George

Gorgeous George

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George doesn’t walk, he waltzes.

Alone in Lenox Hill

Alone in Lenox Hill

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In my grandmother's room, it was as silent as death.

Stay With Me

Stay With Me

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Lying in the bed she had no questions. Sitting at her side I had no answers.

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