Shabbat Shalom, friends 🤍

This marks the 41st Shabbat in a row that I’ve had the privilege of sharing beautiful photos and messages that are sent in response to my weekly Shabbat greeting on FB. What began as a simple post has grown into something far more meaningful than I ever imagined.

Week after week, you bring light, warmth, and connection into this space. Seeing the images you share, whether candles, tables, family moments, or quiet reflections has turned this into a truly special tradition for our community.

What started as a collection of lovely photos has become something deeper. Many of you now share glimpses of how Shabbat lives inside your homes and hearts, and it’s incredibly moving to witness those moments. It fills me with gratitude every single week.

Reading your comments has become one of my favorite ways to welcome Shabbat.

#ShabbatShalom #peace #judaism #SaturdayVibes

People ask me how Israelis live with it. The missiles. The sirens. The wars that just keep coming.

And I always come back to the same answer. Some of the most human moments of my entire life happened inside those sirens. In shelters and hallways with strangers who became something more in the space of a few terrifying minutes.

Joy and horror in the same breath. That is something I carry everywhere I go.

I wrote about it today and I think it will stay with you.

https://open.substack.com/pub/hebrewbyinbal/p/what-living-under-missiles-taught?r=2at7n8&utm_medium=ios

Shabbat Shalom. 🕯️🇮🇱

#Jewish #Israel #ShabbatShalom #JewishLife #IsraeliLife

Shabbat Shalom, friends 🤍

This marks the 40th Shabbat in a row that I’ve had the privilege of sharing your beautiful photos and messages in response to my weekly Shabbat greeting. What began as a simple post has grown into something far more meaningful than I ever imagined.

Week after week, you bring light, warmth, and connection into this space. Seeing the images you share, whether candles, tables, family moments, or quiet reflections has turned this into a truly special tradition for our community.

What started as a collection of lovely photos has become something deeper. Many of you now share glimpses of how Shabbat lives inside your homes and hearts, and it’s incredibly moving to witness those moments. It fills me with gratitude every single week.

Reading your comments has become one of my favorite ways to welcome Shabbat.

Wishing all of you a peaceful and meaningful Shabbat and a wonderful Month of June ❤️

#ShabbatShalom #peace #judaism #SaturdayVibes

One of my favorite expressions in Hebrew is:

כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ סָפֵק אֵין סָפֵק

/k-she-’yesh sa-’fek ’e(y)-n sa-’fek/

When in doubt, there is no doubt.

The doubt itself is often the answer.

We spend so much time trying to talk ourselves out of what we already know. Looking for reassurance. Hoping someone else will make it feel right.

But doubt is not the same as fear.

Some of the best decisions I’ve ever made scared me. They pushed me beyond my comfort zone and into growth. Fear can be part of something wonderful.

Doubt feels different. It’s quieter. Heavier. It doesn’t demand attention. It simply waits for you to listen.

The more you learn to recognize the difference, the clearer life becomes.

Your intuition usually knows long before your mind catches up.

כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ סָפֵק אֵין סָפֵק

When in doubt, there is no doubt.

Shabbat Shalom,

Inbal 🤍

#ShabbatShalom #Shabbat #Shalom #Friday #NoDoubt

Shabbat Shalom, friends 🤍

This marks the 39th Shabbat in a row that I’ve had the privilege of sharing your beautiful photos and messages in response to my weekly Shabbat greeting. What began as a simple post has grown into something far more meaningful than I ever imagined.

Week after week, you bring light, warmth, and connection into this space. Seeing the images you share, whether candles, tables, family moments, or quiet reflections has turned this into a truly special tradition for our community.

What started as a collection of lovely photos has become something deeper. Many of you now share glimpses of how Shabbat lives inside your homes and hearts, and it’s incredibly moving to witness those moments. It fills me with gratitude every single week.

Reading your comments has become one of my favorite ways to welcome Shabbat.

Wishing all of you a peaceful and meaningful Shabbat and a wonderful Month of June ahead ❤️

#ShabbatShalom #peace #judaism #SaturdayVibes

Life is about the people you meet.

Not all of them. Not every interaction or exchange or name you've forgotten by the time you get to the car. But the ones that stay.

The ones that shift something. The ones where you walk away different than you arrived sometimes in a way you can name, and sometimes in a way you just feel.

I think about this a lot. How a single person can open a door in you that you didn't know was there. How a conversation you didn't plan can become one of the ones you return to for years. How some people come into your life quietly and end up being some of the most important ones in it.

We don't always recognize it in the moment. Sometimes it takes time to understand what someone gave you just by being who they are in front of you. I have been lucky in this. Really lucky. And I don't take it lightly.

Shabbat Shalom,

Inbal

#ShabbatShalom #Connections #Peace #Relationships #Shabbos

This week Shavuot and Shabbat arrive as one.

And I love this holiday for so many reasons.

But maybe the one I love most is how differently it lives in different people.

Ask people what is Shavuot about.

Some will tell you it's cheesecake and pashtida - a savory quiche.

For others it is entirely about the Torah. The receiving of it. What that means. What it asks of us.

For some it is about the land. The first fruits. The harvest. The most ancient, grounded version of this holiday that connects us to something we can hold in our hands.

And for others it is a time of something quieter and more internal - tikkun, repair. Of the self. Of the world.

Same holiday. So many ways to live inside it.

I think that says something beautiful about us as a people.

That we can each find our own door into the same moment and walk through it in a way that is completely ours.

חַג שָׁבוּעוֹת שָׂמֵחַ Happy Shavuot Holiday

וְשַׁבַּת שָׁלוֹם And Shabbat Shalom

Inbal

#ShabbatShalom
#Shavuot #HebrewByInbal