S.L. Weinstock

S.L. Weinstock is the pen name of a writer living in Jerusalem with her family. Her work has appeared on Aish.com, Chabad.org, Mishpacha magazine, and various other publications.

Features

Friday Nights At Home

By S.L. Weinstock

Shabbos means different things for us than it does for the average Jewish home. Soon after my divorce six years ago, I made a valiant effort at conducting a Shabbos meal for my two toddlers, aged three and a half and two and a half. With emotional resources severely depleted and time and energy limited, the store-bought roasted chicken and greasy soup with heavy matzah balls did little to enhance the atmosphere, and the gnawing loneliness threatened to engulf me. Is it any wonder I gave up?