WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU HAVE EXPECTATIONS: UNDERSTANDING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR SPOUSE, FRIENDS & HASHEM FAST FACTS: Name: Rabbi Yaron Weisberg Title: Director, The Marriage Initiative Family: 8 children, 4 grandchildren Lives: Yerushalayim Education: Northshore...
Six events occurred on Tu B’Av, the 15th of Av, making it a festive day in the Jewish calendar. The Mishnah tells us that: “No days were as festive for Israel...
The Torah enumerates the seven minim of Eretz Yisroel in Devarim 8:8. The Gemara in Brachos 41b tells us that when it comes to which fruit comes first regarding brachos...
Birchas HaMazon This week’s parashah discusses the mitzvah of birchas hamazon, as it states “You will eat, be satiated, and bless Hashem your G-d.” The Magid of Mezritz zy’a said that...
I. The Hungarian Apostate Are you allowed to say the name of someone wicked or should you avoid saying it? Mishlei (10:7) says, “The memory of the righteous shall be for...
“The world breaks everyone, and afterwards some are stronger in the broken places.” -- Ernest Hemingway Broken The simple reading of the story (recorded twice in Torah, in Exodus, in this week’s...
“Don’t give me an Ayin Hora.” “I’m afraid of an Ayin Hora.” “Bli Ayin Hora.” These are all phrases and expressions we’ve heard, and probably use, very often. But what exactly is the...
Four times a year we read in the Torah about ma’amad har Sinai: on Shabbos when we lein the parshas of Yisro, V’eschanan, and Eikev, and on Shavuos. According to...
Five conversations that should take place over the course of dating and even within marriage itself. What are the critical things to look for in dating to determine if someone is...
Recounting the sad episode of the egel disaster, Moshe reminds the Jews that they are a people of “keshei oref”- which literally translates as a stiff-necked people. This term, is...