Children ages 4-6 stay in services through the Shema. As they move through those years, they begin to follow in the siddur, ...

My kids have been wondering why I’m around this much. They have always watched me going to yeshiva to study and teach. They’ve seen me go to synagogue three times a day for their entire young lives.

There is currently a debate going on in my Orthodox Jewish circles. The issue at hand is, should children come to shul? As an exhausted working mother of a 3-year-old and 20-month-old, shul is my ...