Who Stole My Cookies?

A fresh batch of delicious—but forbidden—cookies... A few mischievous and hungry children...

Is the combination of these two ingredients a recipe for disaster?

Or a precious lesson in the baking...?

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Ruth Avraham January 12, 2020

Considering our present circumstances and it doesn't appear to be getting better, this advice here appears to be a very smart move. Our connection Unity above our conflicts/ division between us is our strength, and in the meantime, all the hatred between fellow Jews, at least work on neutralizing it! Reply

James Topeka,ks March 30, 2015

Warm cookies They are better warm! Non left no problems? Reply

Harold Braunstein Brooklyn, NY via chabadmanhattanbeach.com February 5, 2010

Organized Crime A touching story but it could be misinterpreted or even dangerous. Three little kids in organized crime, one getting the chair, one doing the dirty work, and one distracting the police lady. Something there doesn't look right to me and having some experience teaching in a yeshiva (was only part time), I've seen too many young teen age kids only trying to outsmart the teacher in cheating on tests in devious ways ... one having the answers, one getting the answers, and one distracting the teacher and who knows, maybe parents at home proud of their children's craftiness. What did my grandmolther always say? "Es past nisht far a Yid." This story needs some clarification. Reply

Anonymous January 12, 2010

amazing wow i love ur videos so sweat and to the point Reply

JJ London, UK November 25, 2009

wow Chana, as a man watching your 2minute vid-blogs I really find them refreshing. A different approach, and so simple and to the point.

Don't worry what all these haters are saying here, it makes sense. Obviously, you weren't rewarding the stealing, you were just using the ayin tova (good eye) to look at the positives, and then presented the message to us that hopefully (and of course He does) G-d looks at us with the same Ayin Tova.

Keep up the good work! I'm in London, England, and I am recommending your short bytes to many women and anyone I can get to watch it! Very good stuff. Reply

Helen Brooklyn, NY October 29, 2009

A Sin By Any Other Name... Last week we read that the generation of Noah was destroyed precisely because of the sin of thievery. By rewarding her children for taking something they know is not theirs this mother is going against Torah teaching. I find it disheartening that Chabad, who I hold in the highest esteem, would sanction and promote this type of behavior. Reply

Anonymous Baltimore, Maryland October 21, 2009

wow!!!!!!!!! why don't you make a kid's "in touch"?????? that sounds like a great idia!!!!!!!! i love you're vidios and i think you shuld make more that are also made for kids!!!!! Reply

esther October 18, 2009

to MISSING THE POINT when a parent SPECIFICALLY calls in the children to make it very clear that THIS should NOT be touched and then they turn around and PLAN on how to go against the mothers words, that should not go unnoticed. The mother could tell the father/friend that she was impressed with their unity, but to them they should know what they did was very wrong. If it they were planning on taking cookies when, in general they weren't suppose to take without permission that's a different story, but in this case the mother took the time to explain to them that 1. it's for something special and 2. they should not take it Reply

Anonymous new york October 18, 2009

to molly and rivka I think you should read Chana's other blog from this week--Life out of the box. Life needs fluidity, flexibility and adaptability to various situations. Reply

a fan October 18, 2009

missing the point I think some of you are missing the point. I know as a parent I would so much rather overlook small misdeeds of mychildren, if my children are working in united harmony. What parent hasn't done that?! We're not talking about terrible "crimes" here! And, on the other hand, when my children come to "snitch" to me about what another is doing, no matter how self-righteous the child sounds, its not positive behavior nor something that I encourage or am pleased by. Reply

Anonymous Belle Harbor, NY October 16, 2009

Children The greatest gift a father can offer to his children, is to love their mother. Reply

Rivka New York October 15, 2009

Achdus in stealing It is interesting to note that when a group of people got together to build The Tower of Babel against G-d, even though Hashem didn't destroy them as he did the generation of Noah, He didn't reward their achdus (unity) but instead made them speak different languages so that they could NO LONGER communicate or gather to do wrong. Stealing is wrong.

I would not be proud to tell the world that my children collaborated not only to disobey a parent but to steal! I surely hope that you made up that story in order to speak about the unity of the Jewish People. And if it did happen why not use the opportunity to teach them the difference between right and wrong.

Continue your beautiful articles and speaches. Reply

Molly Resnick October 15, 2009

The Rebbe's explanation as to why it is not a Chabad custom for children to steal the affikoman on Pesah is so that the child should not learn to regard thievery as acceptable even in fun... just mischief.
Surely there must be another example to use in advocating unity.
And then to let them keep the cookies. That takes the cake. Reply

estie australia October 14, 2009

agree? you point out a beautiful thought, but i'm thinking to myself if i let my kids do that, then might they think "hey, it works, we can do this again"? Reply

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