Goodbye CO2 Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., LMFT, CLC, SDS Bring it on. We are more than ready. After a year of breathing in our own Co2 can anyone blame us for the crazy things we do?! Trees are supposed to be breathing in this stuff, not us! It seems we’re denying them their food and we are starting to act like the fruits they…
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Rivki: Good Morning?!
Good Morning?! Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., LMFT, CLC, SDS Or is it? Am I really ready to get up? Can I hit snooze again? Maybe I overestimate how much time I need to get ready in the morning. Perhaps, I can just go back to sleep for 10 extra minutes. Worst case, I can take…
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…
Slovie: Patinkin, I Hear Your Cry
Mandy Patinkin, I Hear Your Cry An open letter to Mandy Patinkin. Dear Mandy Patinkin, You don’t know me but we are family. We share roots and history. We have risen from the ashes. I watched your Finding Your Roots episode with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. I loved the way you described growing up, hearing the ancient…
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…
Slovie: Ordinary People Are Capable of Unspeakable Evil
Ordinary People are Capable of Unspeakable Evil Apr 17, 2021 | by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff We counter evil with goodness, hatred with kindness, fear with courage and falseness with truth. In “The Final Account”, a soon-to-be released documentary, the youth of Nazi Germany are seen frolicking and laughing, their blond Aryan curls glittering in the sun. They march proudly,…
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…