Shira Schwartz is a wife and mother of seven living in Samaria. In this column, she offers you a glimpse into an ordinary Orthodox Jewish family living in Biblical Israel. She shares her feelings and perspectives; allowing you to enter her home and get to know her family.

If you have any questions that you would like to ask Shira about her family, Biblical Israel, or modern Judaism she would love to hear fromyou. Email her at shira.s@cfoic.com.

• August 2010 - Reflections on The Shema
• July 2010 - Reflections on Kinnot
• June 2010 - Reflections on Grace After Meals
  
• May 2010 - Reflections on Ushering in and Bidding Farewell to Shabbat
• April 2010 - Reflections on the Prayers for the State of Israel and Her Armed Forces
• March 2010 - Reflections on The Passover Service
• February 2010 - Reflections on Prayers Upon Rising
• January 2010 - Reflections on the Amidah
• December 2009 - Reflections on Yeshiva High Schools
• November 2009 - Reflections on the New Moon
• October 2009 - Reflections on Simchat Torah
• September 2009 - Reflections on Head Coverings
• August 2009 - Reflections on Torah Study
• July 2009 - Reflections on Keeping Kosher
• June 2009 - Reflections on Mr. Gorman
• May 2009 - Reflections on Songs in Israel
• April 2009 - Reflections on Yom HaShoah
• March 2009 - Reflections on Adar
• February 2009 - Reflections on Tu B'Shvat
• January 2009 - Reflections on War
• December 2008 - Reflections on Becoming Bar Mitzvah
• November 2008 - Reflections on Being a Grandmother
• October 2008 - Reflections on Charity
• September 2008 - Reflections on Prayer
• August 2008 - Reflections on Getting Married
• July 2008 - Reflections on Jewish Music
• June 2008 - Reflections on Shavuot
• May 2008 - Reflections on Lag Baomer
  
• April 2008 - Reflections on Hitchhiking
• March 2008 - Reflections on Terror
• February 2008 - Reflections on Reverence
• January 2008 - Reflections on the Torah Portion of the Week
• December 2007 - Reflections on the Roads
• November 2007 - Reflections on Bnei Akiva
• October 2007 - Reflections on Sukkot
• September 2007 - Reflections on Jewish Weddings
• August 2007 - Reflections on Family Vacations
  
• July 2007 - Reflections on Volunteering
• June 2007 - Reflections on Early Childhood Education
• May 2007 - Reflections on Matriculation Exams
• April 2007 - Reflections on Passover
• March 2007 - Reflections on Purim
• February 2007 - Reflections on the Hebrew Language
• January 2007 - Reflections on the Jewish Way in Death and Mourning
• December 2006 - Reflections on Chanukah
• November 2006 - Reflections on Rain
• October 2006 - Reflections on Being a Teenager in Israel
• September 2006 - Reflections on Rosh Hashanah
• August 2006 - Reflections on Destruction
• July 2006 - Reflections on Summer