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Connecting Jewish Grandparents

Sharona Hassan - Grand Plan

Welcome to Connecting Jewish Grandparents, your guide to intentional Jewish grandparenting and building deep connections with your grandchildren. Each episode shares practical advice, inspiring stories, and timeless traditions to help you create a meaningful family legacy. Whether you’re a grandparent, parent, or part of the ”sandwich generation,” Connecting Jewish Grandparents offers tools to strengthen family bonds across generations.Topics include: grandparenting tips, Jewish family traditions,

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16:37

Grandparent’s Guide to a Meaningful Pesach

Connecting Jewish Grandparents ·

2026/03/23

What actually matters most at the Pesach Seder for grandparents?In this episode of the Grand Plan Podcast: Connecting Jewish Grandparents, Sharona shares 5 essential insights every grandparent needs to know before Passover to create a meaningful, memorable Seder for their family. Moving beyond stress about food, logistics, and perfection, this episode reframes the Seder around what truly matters: your role, your story, and your presence. You’ll discover: Why a grandparent’s influence at the Seder

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Secrets to Creating Closeness l Vayikra

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2026/03/15

Can the Torah’s laws of animal sacrifices actually teach us how to be better grandparents?People told master educator Rabbanit Sharona Hassan that parts of the Torah would be impossible to connect to modern grandparenting. What about Vayikra? What could korbanot (sacrifices) possibly teach about family relationships? In this episode of the Grand Plan Podcast: Connecting Jewish Grandparents, Sharona reveals three powerful principles from Parashat Vayikra that can help grandparents build and maintain

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16:56

The Secret Ingredient in Building the Mishkan… and...

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2026/03/08

In Vayakhel–Pekudei, the Torah describes the builders of the Mishkan as wise of heart and the donors as generous of heart. Why does the Torah keep emphasizing the heart? In this episode, Sharona explores what these phrases teach us about building meaningful relationships with our grandchildren and creating a Jewish legacy that lasts across generations. You’ll also hear about the upcoming Grand Plan Workshop Series for grandparents who want to strengthen the sacred connection between

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Ki Tisa: Grandparent’s Guide to Healing Relationships

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2026/03/02

How do you repair broken family relationships?What does the Torah teach about healing after the Golden Calf? In this episode of the Grand Plan Podcast: Connecting Jewish Grandparents, Sharona explores Parashat Ki Tisa, the sin of the Golden Calf, and the 13 Attributes of Divine Compassion (Yud-Gimel Middot) as a powerful, practical framework for relationship repair, emotional safety, and rebuilding trust across generations. Discover a Jewish, Torah-based model for: repairing family rupture

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16:12

Tetzave not just a link in legacy

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2026/02/21

What if Jewish legacy isn’t a chain… but a braid?In this episode on Parashat Tetzaveh, we explore the Torah’s surprising model for intergenerational connection through the sharsherot zahav, the golden “chains” that hold the Choshen on the heart of the Kohen Gadol, the High Preist. Unlike a standard chain of separate links, these were braided, interwoven strands, offering a powerful new vision for Jewish continuity and the role of grandparents in family life today. You’ll discover: Why the “link in

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15:44

Terumah: Build the Frame First

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2026/02/14

In Parashat Terumah, the Torah spends nearly half of its 96 verses describing the structure of the Mishkan, the beams, walls, sockets, and coverings, before detailing the holy vessels like the Aron and Menorah. Why?This episode explores a powerful insight: holiness requires structure. Before Divine Presence can dwell among us, we must build a framework strong enough to hold it. What does this teach us about grandparenting, family relationships, and intergenerational connection today? In a world

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24:29

Mishpatim: Transforming 'If'

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2026/02/09

In this episode of Connecting Jewish Grandparents, the Grand Plan Podcast, Sharona explores the Torah portion Mishpatim and shows how its practical laws transform anxiety-filled what if thinking into grounded, actionable if–then wisdom. Rather than abstract theology, Mishpatim offers a framework for daily life, emotional safety, and responsible planning. Sharona reflects on how structure, mitzvot, and thoughtful preparation help families move from uncertainty to confidence, and how grandparents can

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15:59

Yitro: The Art of Honor

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2026/02/02

In this episode of Connecting Jewish Grandparents, Sharona explores Parashat Yitro and the Ten Commandments through a modern, family-centered lens, with a focus on the fifth commandment: honoring parents. What does honoring parents look like today, especially as adults and grandparents? This episode reframes the commandment as more than something we demand. It is something we model. Honor grows from how we treat others, respect boundaries, speak with kindness, and allow our children and

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Tu B'shvat: Practical Ways to Grow

Connecting Jewish Grandparents ·

2026/01/25

In this special Tu b’Shvat episode of Connecting Jewish Grandparents, Sharona is joined by Nina Woldin from Chai Mitzvah to share practical, joyful ideas for celebrating Tu b’Shevat with grandchildren.Many Jewish holidays require planning, preparation, and a lot of energy. Tu b’Shvat is different. It is light, flexible, and ideal for building intergenerational connection without pressure. This episode offers concrete tips Jewish grandparents can use right away, whether grandchildren live nearby or

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11:56

Bo: The First Mitzvah of Freedom

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2026/01/17

In Parashat Bo, the Jewish people receive their first commandment while they are still enslaved. Surprisingly, it is not about escape or survival. It is Rosh Chodesh, the sanctification of time. Freedom begins with the ability to claim ownership over one’s time. In this episode of Connecting Jewish Grandparents, we explore how this Torah insight speaks to modern grandparenthood. Many grandparents experience a quiet loss of autonomy, whether through constant childcare, blurred boundaries, or the

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17:36

Vaera: Clarity in a World of Uneven Realities

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2026/01/12

Parashat Vaera shows us something striking. The Egyptians and the Israelites live in the same place, yet experience completely different realities. Plagues fall on one while the other remains untouched. In this episode of Connecting Jewish Grandparents, we explore how this Torah insight speaks to modern life. From social media comparisons to conversations with friends whose children or grandchildren seem to be thriving, many grandparents quietly wonder why their own reality feels so different. This

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17:42

Shemot: Working Towards Freedom

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2026/01/04

Parashat Shemot opens the story of Exodus with a quiet truth. The Israelites did not recognize their enslavement all at once. It unfolded gradually, through comfort, fear, and loss of choice. In this episode of Connecting Jewish Grandparents, we explore how Shemot helps us notice where we may feel stuck or disconnected in our own lives. Not only as grandparents, but as people living in a fast, distracted world. Through Torah wisdom and practical reflection, this episode asks: Where might I feel

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Vayechi: Blessing Our Real Offspring, Not the Family...

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2025/12/28

What happens when the family we imagined is not the family we received?In this episode, we turn to Parashat Vayechi and Yaakov’s final blessings to explore one of the most tender challenges of parenthood and grandparenthood. Learning how to bless the children and grandchildren we actually have, not the ones we once dreamed of. Yaakov does not offer equal or idealized blessings. He sees his children clearly, with honesty, disappointment, love, and courage. Through the crossed hands of Ephraim and

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Vayigash: Moving to Your Grandchildren: Gift or...

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2025/12/22

Moving closer to your grandchildren is often framed as the ultimate act of love. But what happens when that gift slowly becomes a loss of freedom, identity, or voice? In this episode on Parashat Vayigash, we examine Yaakov’s descent to Egypt as both a reunion and the beginning of bondage. What starts as safety, abundance, and family closeness quietly turns into dependency and constraint. It is a story many grandparents recognize today. This conversation explores the unspoken emotional costs of

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Hanukkah: How do we find light amid the darkness?

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2025/12/14

This week’s podcast is a special Hanukkah episode for grandparents who are holding both joy and grief at the same time. Hanukkah is not a holiday of easy happiness. It is a holiday of fragile light, lit precisely when the world feels uncertain. In this episode, we explore what grandparents uniquely offer during moments like these: emotional safety, ritual, continuity, and love. We talk about how simple acts, lighting candles, music, comfort foods, sharing stories, and creating warmth, shape how

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Vayeshev: Guarding Your Family's Dreams

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2025/12/07

Discover the deeper meaning of Yosef’s dreams and Yaakov’s powerful choice to “guard the matter.” This Vayeshev episode explores how grandparents can protect and nurture the dreams that shape a family’s identity. Learn how to hold hope through uncertainty, how to model resilience for your grandchildren, and how to turn your inner dreams into a living legacy they will carry forward. If you want to raise grandchildren who feel rooted, inspired, and connected, this episode will guide you through Torah

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Vayishlach: The Powerful Method for Reconciliation

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2025/11/30

This week’s episode (19) explores Parashat Vayishlach and the extraordinary reconciliation between Jacob and Esau (Yaakov and Eisav). Their reunion offers a powerful method for healing conflict in our own families today. We break down the three-step process hidden in the parasha: creating emotional safety, seeking help and reframing internally, and offering a meaningful gesture that honors the other person’s dignity. Drawing on both Torah wisdom and modern research on conflict repair, Sharona speaks

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Vayetzei: Long-Distance Grandparenting

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2025/11/23

Grandparenting from a distance is not just a logistical challenge. It is an emotional and spiritual one too. In this episode on Parshat Vayetzei, I explore what Jacob’s lonely journey teaches us about long-distance grandparenting.How do we stay present when we cannot show up physically? Inside this episode you will hear: • A Torah perspective on distance and legacy • The emotional reality of being a faraway grandparent • Practical ideas for staying connected across miles • A new way to think about

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20:41

Toldot: The Family You Come From

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2025/11/16

In this week’s episode, we explore Parashat Toldot through the lens of Family of Origin how the emotional patterns, communication styles, and unspoken rules we grew up with still shape the way we grandparent today. Using the stories of Yitzchak, Rivkah, Yaakov, and Eisav, we look at how inherited family dynamics influence relationships with our adult children, our children in law, and our grandchildren. This episode offers practical insights on breaking old patterns, strengthening connections, and

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Chayei Sarah: Shaping Your Family's Future

Connecting Jewish Grandparents ·

2025/11/09

In Parashat Chayei Sarah, we say goodbye to Avraham and Sarah, our first Jewish grandparents. But at the time of their passing, their influence on Yitzchak is unclear, leaving us to wonder: How do we know if our legacy is lasting? This episode explores the challenge every grandparent faces — not always knowing how our children absorb our love and values, yet still having the chance to shape future generations. We discuss how to intentionally leave a meaningful legacy, with practical tips and

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