CHOCHMAS NASHIM: CHABAD AND KORACH, GET IT!!! SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, OPEN YOUR DOORS!!! By: Suri Davis This past Tuesday, my mother and I went to Chabad’s Smile on Seniors, where they have a lunch and learn. It was flag day, and the anniversary of the date in 1941 that the Rebbe came to America and…
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Chochmas Nashim: Shlach: Rose Colored Glasses
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: ROSE COLORED GLASSES By: Suri Davis When I was in Central Manhattan high school, I had Mrs. Judith Sokolow as my social studies teacher. One day she walks in, jumps rope and walks out. Then she had all the students write an eye witness account of what happened. Fascinating to see the…
Chochmas Nashim: Nasso: Dr. Freud, I Presume
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: NASSO:FREUD, I PRESUME By: Suri Stern Dr. Sigmund Freud is known for his psychoanalysis. He was born Jewish, insisted most of his life that he was an atheist, but his neshama shone through with his groundbreaking work in psychoanalysis. Much of analysis has to do with the juxtaposition of ideas next to…
Chochmas Nashim: Bamidbar: Internalizing the Rapture
BAMIDBAR: INTERNALIZING THE RAPTURE By: Suri Davis If only: “Shivti b’vais Hashem, kol yimai chayai, lachzot b’noam Hashem/oh to dwell in the house of G-d all the days of my life…” Numbers 4:5-6: When the camp is about to travel, Aaron and his sons must come and take down the partition curtain and cover…
Chochmas Nashim: On the Mountain With My Laws
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: ON THE MOUNTAIN WITH MY LAWS Birhday Blessing By: Suri Davis SLAVERY. A scourge. Generations of trauma. 210 years we suffered Egyptian slavery, as Pharaoh bathed in the blood of our children, for over two centuries!!! Our employers discuss productivity, what it really means is how to squeeze out work from each…
The Tragedy of Meron
THE TRAGEDY AT THE TOMB OF RABBI SHIMON BAR YOCHAI By Suri Davis When tragedy hits klal Yisrael, the first question after the pain is what, Mah, as in Mah Karah/what happened. The gematriah of Mah/what is 45, the number of men who perished as they exited a night of joy at the tomb…
Chochmas Nashim: Talking Heads: Emor
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: TALKING HEADS: EMOR By: Suri Davis It is interesting that the name of this week’s torah portion is the command of Emor/say. The parshah starts with G-d’s commandment to Moshe to tell Aaron and his sons the laws of purity as they serve G-d in His holy temple, and the Torah discusses…
Chochmas Nashim: Acharei Mot: Extreme Dedication
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: ACHAREI MOT: EXTREME DEDICATION Suri Stern This is a very interesting Torah portion, and name of Torah portion. The parshah has two topics, discussion of the work of the high priest on Yom Kippur and forbidden sexual relations which are abhorrent to G-d, for which G-d threatens to drive the Jews from…
Chochmas Nashim: Basking in the Shade
Chochmas Nashim: Tazria Metzorah: Siyum Daf Shkalim Brother Can You Spare a Dime Suri Stern The week before Pesach is the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s birthday, and when I go to the Ohel, it is my mindfulness place to daven and reorganize. Just that day in the Daf, shekalim, we learned about kilayim, the prohibition of…
Suri: Chochmas Nashim: Shemini: Today Is The Day
Chochmas Nashim: Shemini: Today Is The Day By: Suri Davis For eight days we said hallel over Passover, and among the praises we sang to G-d, we said “Today is the day which G-d created, let us rejoice and be happy with it.” We wake up every morning and we thank G-d for the…