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?
The Deeper the Roots, the Greater the Fruits
Trees teach us what the critical components of success in life are: Roots, integrity, and growth.
Read MoreA Mother’s Tears
Rachel exemplifies compassion and enables us to recognize our inherent value by virtue of the fact that every single person was created in the Divine Image.
Read MoreHow To Create An Oasis In Your Life
One of the healthiest things you can do to find balance and harmony is to build a spiritual oasis in your life. The following suggestions can help you to grow solid spiritual roots — on a daily basis, at home — that you can always return to.
Read MoreWhen No is Greater than Yes
Avoiding the wrong thing is better than doing the right thing; protecting is better than serving (Samech Vav) as seen in Parshat Naso and the wilderness.
Read MoreThree 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.
Read MoreYom 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.
Read MoreYom Kippur: Why the High Priest Went Home
Seven days before Yom Kippur, the Kohen Gadol (“High Priest”) is removed from his home to his chamber in the Holy Temple. Learn about the significance of home in relation to Yom Kippur.
Read MoreMassacre in San Bernardino
What can we do about the massacre in San Bernardino? Joseph’s clash with his brothers teaches us how to repair and heal the world. We must begin by repairing ourselves and integrating faith in our actions.
Read MoreReclaiming Femininity in Adulthood
A combined cognitive and behavioral approach to recovering one’s femininity after suffering at the hands of a dominant father.
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