Not Fitting Into the Categories
How do you relate to Gd, when he doesn’t answer your prayers over and over again? Here is one person’s story: “What does hashem want from me?
Therapy and G-d
So, keep G-d a part of your life, if He is already there, but don’t forgo therapy because you think G-d will take care of you. Because He can’t... until you start to help yourself.
I Am Angry at G-d
And as a Jew, I know He loves me even when I’m angry at Him. And even though I’m angry at Him, He still continues to shower me with His love.
Stop The Blame Game
So many people are writing in that they tried so hard to do all the ‘right thing’ (religion wise) and they feel they’re not good enough because no matter how closer to God they are, he still hasn’t answered them.
It’s Yom Kippur Again
On behalf of everyone at IWSTHAB, may this be the year where no one suffers, and Hashem answers all of your prayers. Gmar chasima tova. Xoxo, Aimee
God, Religion & Spirituality
We recently asked the IWSTHAB community about the ways these relationships have changed since starting down this journey and these are some of the responses.
Religious Guilt
Often religious guilt comes with the "kind advice" that things would have been different if you only... Sometimes it even comes with a dose of blame.
God Isn’t a Vending Machine
It's another thing to pray. But it's even a different level to keep praying to the being who runs the world, knowing that you have already been disappointed so many times.
God’s Plan
No matter whether you have radical acceptance or not, this idea can be a very powerful one for people who are stuck in their relationships with Gd.
Quotes About Faith
We hope that a better understanding of how G-d works helps and the idea that anger/grief/pain/struggling and distance is the sign of a true relationship with Him.
Spirituality To Me
We want to remind you that feeling connected to a higher being is sometimes not in the number of pslams you say or how meticulous you are about the mitzvos and rituals.
Questions You Ask Yourself
Have you found yourself asking any of these questions? As we gear up for our Fertility Support Summit, these are some things we’re thinking about.
Mental Health and the Holidays
Thank you Rav Yoni Rosensweig for these incredible words of chizuk/strength about mental health and the high holidays with a few reminders.
"Those Who Sow in Tears Will Reap in Joy"
This moving piece from Rachel Rosenthal so eloquently weaves together the pain and joy of the holidays and life through the lens of infertility and loss.
Anger Towards G-d
Especially during the time of the Yamim Tovim when our year is laid out for us by G-d, you may feel anger towards G-d for choosing infertility and loss for you and for causing you pain year after year.
“Last Year I Stood In Shul”
A letter to G-d from a member of the community before Yom Kippur. “Dear G-d…. I call out to you from the bottom of my heart, please bless me with a better year. Fondly, your daughter.”
This Year
To those of you who have found enough peace to make it through the holidays, we support you. To those of you feeling deep deep pain and struggling to make sense of it all, we support you too.
My Husband During Selichot
How is that a merciful Gd? What did I ever do? All I have ever wanted in life is to be a father!’