Michal Ansky admits: This is the dramatic change happening in my home
The TV host shares the surprising decision of her 15-year-old eldest daughter who began observing Shabbat, and explains how the spiritual transformation affects the entire family and Friday night dinners.
Michal Ansky is used to being the one who tastes, judges, and sets the tone in the kitchen, but it is precisely in her own home that a turn has taken place over the last year and a half that she did not plan. Her eldest daughter, 15-year-old Daniela, has begun to strengthen her faith, observe Shabbat, pray, and study Torah, and the change is already well felt throughout the family.
The one who has taken command of the Friday night dinners is actually Daniela. She prepares matbucha, spicy fish, and challah, asks to perform the separation of challah, and prefers that the family stay home instead of going out to restaurants. Leisure activities on Shabbat have also changed: phones are off the table, travel stops, and family time takes on a more central place.
Ansky admits that the spiritual transformation surprised her, especially because Daniela's father is far from the religious world, but from her perspective, there is no cause for concern here. On the contrary.
"I am very happy about this, proud of her, and moved by it," she said in an interview with Israel Hayom.
According to her, her daughter's connection to tradition began, among other things, following Kiddushim at friends' homes, but very quickly turned into something much deeper. Daniela began going to the synagogue, studying, and praying every evening. Ansky also shared that her daughter asked her to join her for Selichot and she intends to do so.
And what about the well-known addiction of teenagers to screens? Here, Ansky provided the most colorful sentence in the interview:
"No one managed to take the phone away from Daniela except for God."
Although Daniela's grandmother, Sherry Ansky, raised the possibility that it is a trend, Michal is convinced that this time it is serious. According to her, she sees her daughter flourishing, getting closer to the family, and finding security within faith. From Ansky's perspective, the change may have made the Sabbaths less spontaneous, but it gave her something else: a new and deeper connection with her daughter.
