Home & Family
After many hours of looking for food, a bird returns to its nest, taking comfort in its warmth and safety. Your home and family are your nest.
Your home & family are the hub around which everything evolves . But what does it take to build a healthy home, and a harmonious family? What are the meaningful elements? What is the role of parents? And what of children? We hire architects and contractors to design and build beautiful physical structures. How do we design and build beautiful spiritual structures? What can I do to truly feel at home, or to enhance the home I have already built?
Talking Money With Kids
How and when should you talk about money with your children? Rabbi Jacobson offers a spiritually-sound answer.
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Family Fight Over Inheritance
“My siblings are tearing our family apart by their fight over an inheritance.”
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Three Ways Babies Are More Evolved Than We Are
While it is true that babies lack self-control and the intellectual faculties necessary to control their own behavior, babies have a lot to teach us aldults. Babies, in a few ways, are more evolved than we are.
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Overpopulation: Is it Ethical to Have Children?
“Is it ethical to have children in this day and age?”
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My Child: We Are Together Forever
I know that you, my child, want and need ongoing care and nurturing. I therefore commit, on a daily basis, to sublime activities that keep me in touch with my soul and with you, my child. I will create space in my everyday life for my soul to express itself.
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Sukkot: My Dear Child
As we begin the holiday of Sukkot a letter to my child, my inner child, my essence, after re-emerging a bit on Yom Kippur.
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Yom Kippur: Your Inner Child
Once a year on Yom Kippur, the high priest entered the Holy of Holies. In the same vein, each person should enter his own holy of holies.
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