CHOCHMAS NASHIM: NOAH: PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE By: Suri Davis Tanya Yomi for this week discusses a situation where there is a man who is praying to G-d, a seemingly wicked man appears before him and starts a fight with the praying man. The founder of Chasidism, the Baal Shem Tov, had followers, chasidim, and those…
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Suri: Yizkor: An Essay
YIZKOR: AN ESSAY By: Suri Davis It has been a year and a half since my father, ZTL, passed away, and since I started saying Yizkor for him. As Orthodox Jews, we are taught that the soul is eternal. We know from the Book of Jeremiah, and Rachel’s tears upon the horizon, that her…
Slovie: The Yom Kippur Experience
How to embrace the opportunity of Yom Kippur and use it to truly change. Here are three ways to tap into the transformational power of Yom Kippur. 1. Make yourself vulnerable. Yom Kippur is a day unlike any other. The energy of the day is the power of teshuvah – returning to become the person you were created…
Suri: Man, The Bridge
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: MAN, THE BRIDGE By: Suri Davis The apex of the Book of Jonah we read on Yom Kippur eve, is G-d’s lesson to Jonah. Jonah is tired after all he has gone through with the storm ridden ship, being swallowed by a whale, and providing warnings to the citizens of Ninveh that…
Rivki: How About Those September Surprises?
How About Those September Surprises? Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., LMFT, CLC, SDS Did you wish you had taken your watch off? Maybe even – remembered to put lotion all over your face so that you don’t have to now look like a raccoon. Did you think you’d be getting back to school, work or shul…
Suri: Chochmas Nashim: To Forgive, Divine
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: TO FORGIVE IS DIVINE By: Suri Davis There is a popular retort to the famous Rosh Hashanah query: “How was your Rosh Hashanah?” Reply: “I’ll let you know next year.” If you are reading this, then the answer, at the very least is, “I survived.” After two and a half years of Covid,…
Mazel Tov Esther and Nachman Goodman
Mazel Tov Esther and Nachman Goodman on the birth of a grandson born to their children Riki and Tzvi Gewirtz
Chochmas Nashim: Again and Again
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: KI TAVO By: Suri Davis The parshah almost appears to be a repetition of parshat Bechukotai, if you follow G-d’s commandments, you will be rewarded, and if you don’t follow G-d’s commandments, then you will be punished. A recurring theme in any religion. Let’s review some interesting points up close. …
Rivki: Let’s Talk Chulent
Let’s Talk Chulent! Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., LMFT, CLC, SDS There are addictions and aversions. And there’s rarely an in between. People either love it and must have it or they literally can’t take the smell or the look of it. Though, you’ve got to give them that, the look is not it’s winning quality. This will never…
Chochmas Nashim: Living Millennia In a Week, Part I
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: LIVING MILLENNIA IN A WEEK, PART I By: Suri Stern A call came from Jerusalem “Eema, we need your help here, can you come?” I heard the details, and I said, “of course.” How could I get there quickly and economically? No one was flying on the Fast of the Ninth…