How Is Your Marriage? “How is your marriage?” Someone once asked a woman. Her response: “Before I got married, I was incomplete. Now, that I married, I am finished.” SARAH’S PASSING This week’s Torah...
Rav Pam (Ateres Avraham, Chayei Sarah) quotes Rabbeinu Bachya, who instructs us that when looking for a spouse we should not place an overemphasis on looks, money or yichus, but...
Ask Not What External Events Can Do To You; Ask What You Can Do To Maintain Equilibrium In The Face of External Events The Medrash comments that the name change from Sarai...
The Midrash relates that once, as Rabbi Akiba taught a class, he noticed that his students began falling asleep. In order to awaken and energize them, Rabbi Akiba interrupted his...
There are many ingredients that are necessary for a relationship to be strong and healthy. But if I would be asked to name the single most important ingredient, I would...
A child‘s obligation to honor his parents necessarily infringes on that child’s freedom. Choosing a spouse is one of the most important decisions of a person’s life. On the one...
The Mitzvah There is a great mitzvah for one to be involved with making shidduchim between a boy and girl. Hashem was the first shadchan in the world who made the...
May I use a warming drawer on Shabbos? Warming drawers on Shabbos is indeed a serious issue. There are a number of things to consider. First of all, you have to...
Although Hashem’s hand is often concealed, everything that happens to us is bashert, destined, and planned. We believe that everything is from Hashem, but we don’t always see it. However, when...
One way to translate the word פלא†is concealed as it states (Devarim 17:8), כי†יפלא ממך†דבר†, “When a halachah is concealed from you...