SAYING GOODBYE TO 2020 How can we use this most difficult year to better ourselves and the world? Most people are ready to bid farewell to 2020, a most difficult and stressful year. Some are planning to throw their yearly calendars and date books into a bonfire to say good riddance to all the pain…
Category: Lectures
So, What Exactly Do We Know?
So, What Exactly Do We Know? Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., LMFT, CLC, SDS These days, we are either masked and manic- Or cavalier and cavorting! Science schmi-ence?! No one seems to know anything! If you didn’t have it, you don’t want it! Unless, you want to get it over with. But, that’s only if you…
Chochmas Nashim: Vayigash: Auld Lang Syne
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: VAYIGASH: Auld Lang Syne By: Lenore Suri Davis The unfolding story of Joseph and his brothers. We see this week the very moving story of how Joseph can no longer keep his identity secret from his brothers, and he reveals himself. Wanting to save them from regret or remorse, he immediately states,…
Chanukkah Please Tree-t Me Right!
Chanukah Please Tree-t Me Right! Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., LMFT, CLC, SDS Are you one of the lucky ones? Do you have it easy? Some of us are actually moving around couches and breakfronts! After all, we need to create that perfect spot. Not everyone has an accessible window in the front of their house. And those candles have to be seen by at least one passerby. Sooo,…
Chochmas Nashim: Miketz: Total Eclipse of the Heart
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: MIKETZ: TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART By: Suri Davis Today, December 14, 2020 at about 11:15am, there is expected a total eclipse. We probably wont feel it here in the Five Towns as it is cloudy and rainy. I was concentrating on my davening/prayers this past Shabbos and I pondered the following…
My Father’s Gift of Silence
My Father’s Gift of Silence Nov 21, 2020 | by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff Sometimes it’s what we don’t say that becomes our greatest gift. When I was a little girl, a couple in our community went through a terrible tragedy. They lost a young child and were in deep despair. Shortly afterwards, my mother ran into the father at…
Chochmas Nashim Vayishlach: My Name is Bond
Chochmas Nashim: Vayishlach: My Name is Bond By: Suri Davis I recently read an article by Rabbi Shais Taub, Scholar in Residence at the Five Towns Chabad. He made a distinction between three words for communication, dibur is a command, amirah conveys information and sichah is a conversation. When I email to people, I try…
Tennis Anyone?!
Tennis Anyone?! Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS So, something is bugging you? Kind of plaguing your mind. Well, let’s review – what do we know? We learn that it’s helpful to change our perspective, in order to help stop the ruminating, especially on things that we cannotchange. But, how do we stop the ruminating on…
Chochmas Nashim: Toldos: Eruvin O’ Eruvin
Chochmas Nashim: Toldos: Eruvin, O’ Eruvin, Our Eruvin, Our Heroes By: Suri Stern As we wind down Masechet Eruvin in Daf Yomi land, there is a lot to ponder. So much minutae about eruvs, who knew? I have been living in the Five Towns long enough to remember a time when there wasn’t an…
Choosing Hope
Choosing Hope: Finding Light in Times of Despair Nov 2, 2020 | by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff Spiritual immunization for the pandemic and political unrest. Living with a pandemic and political unrest is taking a heavy toll. Alcohol consumption is up by 14% compared with a year ago; even higher for women. Depression and anxiety are making homes feel like…