COUNTING DAYS, TO MAKE DAYS COUNT By: Suri Davis It is a common commentary in the Torah when G-d asks Moses to count the Jews, the question arises, “Doesn’t G-d know how many Jews there are, why does Moses need to count them”? The commentaries comment that this is so, to show how much…
Category: Lectures
Slovie: Better or Bitter?
Better or Bitter? By: Slovie Jungreis-Wolff Five-year-old Lily shows us how to get through life’s challenges. “Sometimes it really hurts when the doctor puts a needle in my arm.” I am visiting five-year-old Lily, whose mother attends my parenting classes. Last summer, Lily had some awful headaches. One night, they became so terrible that Lily…
Suri: Shaar Habitachon: Love and Being Loved
LESSON 46: THE SEVEN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A MAN WHO TRUSTS G-D FOR HIS LIVELIHOOD AND HE WHO DOESN’T TRUST G-D FOR HIS LIVELIHOOD. PART VI https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/el-dee/episodes/Sixth-Difference-Between-a-Man-Who-Trusts-in-G-d-and-a-Man-Who-Doesnt-Trust-in-G-d-e2p2pm6 In the last few classes, we discussed the seven differences between a man who trusts G-d for his livelihood, and he who doesn’t trust G-d for his livelihood.…
Suri: Missing a Living Parent: This Has to Be Said
MISSING A LIVING PARENT, THIS HAS TO BE SAID By Suri Davis For 35 years, I have been practicing law, I have never had an enlightening moment as I did this week. I had a woman come in with her son, and I was told before hand that she has Alzheimer. To do my…
Rivki: Blame It on Something Else?!
Blame It On Something Else?! Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., LMFT, CLC, SDS It’s never really us. I’m running late. It’s the traffic! It’s hard to say we didn’t figure out the timing right. I ate too much. The food was too good. Not I’m weak on discipline. The test was unfair. Not I didn’t study…
Suri: Shaar Habitachon: Class 24: Theodicy
Suri: Dehamasification
DEHAMASIFICATION By: Suri Davis After World War II, Germany and its Axis nations were replete with Nazis and Nazi sympathizers. They had raised their children to dehumanize Jews and other ethnic people, they raised them to be brown shirts and ultimately, part of Hitler’s “superior” race. Among them, were people who we call Righteous…
Suri: Shaar Habitachon: G-ds Trustworthiness
LESSON 19, VERSES SUPPORTING G-D’S TRUSTWORTHINESS, PART 2 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/el-dee/episodes/Class-19-Biblical-Verses-Which-Support-G-ds-Attributes–Part-2-e2662ip The author, Rabbeinu Bachya ibn Pekuda started his book asking the question, why we should trust in G-d. He now turns to the process of accepting and incorporating trust of G-d in our every day lives. We’ve discussed the qualities of trustworthiness which G-d has which …
Suri: Shaar Habitachon: Qualities of Trustworthiness
Slovie: Hostages Are Freed, But..
THE HOSTAGES ARE FREED, BUT IT’S NOT OVER BY: SLOVIE JUNGREIS-WOLFF The world loves to say kaddish for the Jew. But to let us live? For that we must hold onto our faith and fight for our life. As Romi, Emily and Doron, the three female hostages, were finally freed from their 471 days in…