Words UnspokenTuesday, December 24, 2024Dear Divorcing FriendsWe know that you’re both in terrible pain. But we need to say something to both of you
Words UnspokenTuesday, December 17, 2024Dear Kallah Who Just Broke Her EngagementFeel the pain, but don’t allow it to give you the false impression that Hashem isn’t in this tzarah with you
Words UnspokenTuesday, November 26, 2024Dear ImaI guess I can’t ask you to keep it open every week, just in case, but maybe I can
Words UnspokenWednesday, November 06, 2024Dearest ZeidyI wonder what you would do if you read this letter. But I’ll never find out
Words UnspokenTuesday, October 08, 2024To My Former Yom Kippur TablemateAnd there we sat, you and I, for the next six Yom Kippurim — a wonderful “table shidduch”
Words UnspokenTuesday, September 24, 2024Dear 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 UnspokenTuesday, September 17, 2024Dear StudentMy heart skipped a beat. Sudden tears pricked my eyelids. What was coming next? What didn’t I know?
Words UnspokenTuesday, August 06, 2024Dear Seminary Girl on the AirplaneI thought that divorce meant saying goodbye to one person in your life
Words UnspokenTuesday, July 30, 2024Dear Daughter“Please keep in mind that dan l’chaf zechus relates to parents as well”
Words UnspokenTuesday, June 18, 2024Dear Married Friend“I promise you, it’s harder for me to speak to you than it is for you to speak to me”
Words UnspokenTuesday, May 14, 2024To My Dear “Old” FriendShould 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?