Tzirel Strassman

Sometimes a single line in seforim hakedoshim can leave an imprint as deep as an entire chapter. Such was the sentence I encountered years ago in the sefer Bnei Yissaschar, on Chodesh Elul. It completely recast my understanding of these precious days and has since spawned countless shiurim and lines of thought.

The signs are mounting that the longstanding alliance among Likud, the chareidi parties, and the national-religious sector has run its course — a shift that would have major political, social, and security consequences for Israel. The first sign came last month, when Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said he would seek a broader coalition if tasked with forming a government after the October 27 election.

Is It Actually ADHD? by Shona Kaisman-Schwartz My neighbor called me in tears. The school wanted to test her seven-year-old for ADHD. He’d been energetic as a toddler, nothing major, but now things had escalated. He couldn’t sit still, couldn’t focus, and was disrupting the class daily. She was already researching medication. First question I asked her: What does his morning look like? Turns out, he was often “watching” at 6 a.m. for an hour.