ON THE FIRST YAHRZEIT OFSAADYA YEHOSHUA EHRENPREIS Z”L“HEY, IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY” Originally featured inThe Flatbush Jewish JournalApril 15, 2021 page 96 by Ahava Ehrenpreis I closed my Google document, which began, “Letter to the Editor, Dear Mishpacha, mishpacha,” and ended, “B’ahava, Ahava” It was, I assumed, my final piece about Saadya Ehrenpreis to Mishpacha […]
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Where Was the Other Ram?By Ahava Ehrenpreis | Sep 30, 2020(Originally featured on Aish.org) I sat and listened to the reading of the Torah portion describing the monumental moment of the total dismissal of the natural instincts of our forefather Abraham as he raised the knife to give the life of his child to God as He had […]
LETTER TO THE EDITORMY MISHPACHA MISHPACHAEDITOR’S LETTER / ISSUE 691 by Ahava Ehrenpreis I’m writing within moments of opening this week’s Family First and seeing Bassi’s letter about Saadya. How Saadya would have loved seeing his smiling picture at the top of the very first page of Mishpacha magazine. (He was not averse to seeing […]
LETTING GO By Ahava Ehrenpreis | MARCH 7, 2018 (Originally featured in Family First, Issue 583) When programs guaranteed that they would teach him independence, I usually responded, “Independence — we have that down pat. How are you on dependence training?” I wave one more time, my smile belying the knot in the pit of my stomach. […]
MIRACLE ON EAST 18TH STREET By Ahava Ehrenpreis | DECEMBER 18, 2019 (Originally featured in Family First, Issue 672) Did they ever imagine that he’d be able to repeat a prayer in Aramaic, in front of 200 people, in memory of his father? If you happen to have davened one particular Shabbos morning in the attractive brick […]
“IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY” By Ahava Ehrenpreis | MAY 26, 2020 (Originally featured in Family First, Issue 694) The impossible answer to the nagging, unspoken question: why is this the plan? I closed my Google document, which opened with “Letter to the Editor, Dear Mishpacha mishpachah,” and closed with “B’ahavah, Ahava.” It was, I assumed, my final […]
TRIUMPH By Ahava Ehrenpreis | MAY 26, 2020 (Originally featured in Mishpacha Magazine) Triumph: 1.a great victory or achievement. 2. The processional entry of a victorious general into ancient Rome. I stand outside a neat stucco house on a residential street in Brooklyn and the word triumph fills my head. What is the connection between this structure […]
DEAR SAADYA … LOVE, MOM By Ahava Ehrenpreis | MARCH 24, 2020 (Originally featured in Family First) I am doing what I do naturally, which is to turn to words and express my feelings and frustrations and fears and thoughts and prayers. Dear Saadya. You can’t hear me right now because you are sedated. I can’t come […]
A VOLCANO OF CHESSED By Ahava Ehrenpreis | APRIL 29, 2020 (Originally featured in Family First, Issue 690) My inbox became a treasure trove of sweet words, reassurance that his name was on the lips of thousands. The initial government lockdown orders had barely been issued when I found a letter in my mailbox from a neighbor […]