Communicated: TefillaChillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.
Posted on: January 7th, 2009
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointFor the past few weeks I have been writing about the crisis that has descended upon our world - a crisis that is nothing less than Chevlei Moshiach, the pain and suffering that has been predicted will occur in the pre-Messianic era.
Posted on: December 31st, 2008
Judaism → Columns → Lessons In EmunahEvery year, prior to the High Holy Days, I visit the graves of four generations of my ancestors buried on Har HaZeitim (the Mount of Olives).
Prayer – What Is Missing? (Part Two)
Posted on: December 31st, 2008
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointIn my last column I promised that, B'Ezrat Hashem, I would outline constructive steps to help reverse the madness that seems to have overtaken our world. One of the most powerful weapons that we, the Jewish people possess, that has been our shield from the genesis of our history is prayer. Through genuine prayer, we can conquer and triumph over every adversity.
Posted on: December 24th, 2008
Judaism → Columns → Lessons In EmunahMy husband and I had been trying to have a baby for several years. We'd gone to specialists and come pretty close a few times.
Prayer – What Is Missing? (Part One)
Posted on: December 24th, 2008
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointAs I promised in my last column, I will get down to basics and begin outlining what we must do to convert darkness into light - tragedy into blessing.
Posted on: December 17th, 2008
Judaism → Columns → Lessons In EmunahGone. The money was gone. I bit my lips and felt my eyes fill with tears. This was hard earned money that I received from a client whom I had worked for all month.
What Will It Take For Us To Get It?
Posted on: December 17th, 2008
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointThose of you who have been following my column and those of you who have read my books, especially Life Is A Test, know that in the closing chapters, I focus on Acharit HaYamim - the days that will precede our Redemption, known as Chevlei Moshiach - the birth pangs that will herald the coming of Messiah.
From One Tragedy To Another – When Will We Learn?
Posted on: December 10th, 2008
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointThe tragedy of Mumbai was still fresh in our hearts. The cry of little Moishele, "Ima, Ima - Mommy. Where is Mommy?" kept reverberating in our minds.
Midnight In The Emergency Room
Posted on: December 10th, 2008
Judaism → Columns → Lessons In EmunahThis true story took place in Brooklyn, New York. It was a wintry, dark afternoon when my father collapsed before my eyes. He slumped over in the front passenger seat in the car and lost consciousness. When he slowly and dazedly opened his eyes, he was weak and pale.
Posted on: December 3rd, 2008
Judaism → Columns → Lessons In EmunahI have realized in the last few months that the friends and acquaintances in our lives are there for a very special reason. It is clear that we are in relationships to help each other at different times in our lives.
Posted on: December 3rd, 2008
Judaism → Columns → Lessons In EmunahWhen one decides to have children, one has to decide: how one intends to bring them up, what values one will imbue in them and how one will stress their importance. Whatever they may be, when one instills the right values in a child, one later receives the dividends of one's efforts. This was proved so true this past Yom Kippur for Rebbetzin Judith Friedlander.
Daughters And Daughters-In-Law Also Need Help – The Readers Respond (Conclusion)
Posted on: December 3rd, 2008
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointSpecial Note: Once again I share with you that, much as I had planned to conclude our discussion on daughter/daughters-in law - mother/mothers-in-law problems, the letters keep pouring in. It appears that these internal family conflicts are more widespread than we realized.
The Right Place at the Right Time
Posted on: November 26th, 2008
Judaism → ColumnsIt can be very challenging to be arranging a flight to Israel while dealing with the needs of a large family, managing a high-pressured job, and satisfying the needs of parents who are eagerly awaiting your visit.
Daughters And Daughters-in-Law Also Need Help – The Readers Respond (Continued)
Posted on: November 26th, 2008
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointI realize that many people attribute this type of negative, obstreperous behavior to the tenor of our times. We are living in Ikvesa d'Moshicha, a period, our sages tell us, in which chutzpah will abound - the young will rise against their elders, and children will relate to their parents and in-laws with insolence. But to me, that is not quite acceptable. I do not consider that to be a legitimate excuse.
Posted on: November 19th, 2008
Judaism → Columns → Lessons In EmunahWhat would you do if you were confronted with a seemingly insoluble problem? Would you give up? Would you say, "Let someone else solve it; it's beyond me?"
Daughters And Daughters-In-Law Also Need Help – The Readers Respond
Posted on: November 19th, 2008
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointSpecial Note: Subsequent to the publication of my article on the conflict between a young woman and her mother-in-law, I received an avalanche of mail. I feel very saddened to share with you that these letters all reflected anger, resentment, and most tragic of all, a deterioration of what used to be the beautiful cohesiveness of Jewish family life.
Posted on: November 12th, 2008
Judaism → Columns → Lessons In EmunahThe scene: Harvard University, April 25, 1977. I am standing at a turning point - not one that will be written up in even one academic journal, but one I can almost see while still feeling dizzy from all the turning.
Daughters And Daughters-In-Law Also Need Help (Conclusion)
Posted on: November 12th, 2008
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointMy Dear Friend Allow me to preface my remarks by recalling a story about two brothers who lived in the holy city of Jerusalem. Their houses were at opposite ends of the city, and they were separated by a great mountain.
Posted on: November 5th, 2008
Judaism → Columns → Lessons In EmunahIt was the 26th of Tammuz. The sun was slowly sinking behind the clouds over the Old Montefiore Cemetery, the burial place of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, zt"l. I had come to commemorate the yahrzeit of my high school teacher, Rabbi Dovid Wichnin, zt"l.
Daughters and Daughters-In-Law Also Need Help (Part One)
Posted on: November 5th, 2008
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointToday, the impossible has become our reality. Events are transpiring so swiftly, that we have difficulty absorbing them. Our generation is sleeping, and we have failed to react to that which is befalling us. So I felt compelled to devote my columns of the past month to those events. Nevertheless, despite the critical world situation, personal problems – family, shalom bayis, children, illness, continue to assail us. I receive hundreds of e-mail requests for help weekly from every part of the globe, and while, in the past, I published many of these letters, for the past few weeks I have been responding to them personally. Some of these e-mails, however, do not lend themselves to personal responses, but require the public forum of my column since many people are reluctant to identify themselves and write anonymously, or the letter writer hopes to convey a message that will be read by people involved in his or her problem. So I now return to addressing family conflicts through my column.
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