Rebbetzin's Viewpoint

Yet the windows of Pesach are crucial. Through them we can see our bitter exile.

The tendency to rely on human beings rather than G-d has been our curse throughout the centuries.

We have windows of history, of Yom Tovim, but the dust continues to obscure our vision.

On Shabbos Zachor the Torah commands us to “Remember what Amalek did to you."

We should invite divorced people into our homes for Shabbas and Yom tov.

I attended the recent Shabboton for frum divorced people and listened to your talk. You gave me hope to go on. I was very despondent when I came and went home considerably more upbeat. It was all due to your focus on “being a blessing.”

One can sigh with relief when the divorce is finalized but the heart is full and it aches with pain. Yes, there were conflicts. Yes, there was a cold war that made for a frigid atmosphere in the home. But loneliness is a very difficult thing to bear.

My ex despises me and is bent on destroying me. He has done everything to torture me.

The Torah tells us that ancient Egypt had 49 levels of contaminating impurities and Hashem wanted us out before the fiftieth would become viral.

The young man could not go through with the marriage.

In biblical times the Jewish people never had a prison system.

Hearing that someone has been divorced nowadays doesn't have the same connotations it used to.

With every word he spoke, I became more and more anxious.

The link between iPod, iPads and smartphones and increased chutzpah and disintegration of families.

In a nutshell, I am intolerant of today’s addictions.

Of course, you don’t need an excuse to go to Yerushalayim.

When our ancestor Yosef found himself alone and abandoned in Egypt, the image of his father that kept him anchored.

Reader response to my two-part column on yahrzeit was overwhelming.

Whatever pain or challenge assails us, the parshah of the week will always guide and comfort us.

My tatte had a magnificent voice that had the power to pierce the most hardened heart.

When your parents come to visit, do you rush to the door and welcome them with a loving heart?

One day, my father met one of my classmate’s parents and came home livid.

"In New York I partied almost every night and the next day I didn’t feel good about myself. But here, after spending the night at the Wall, I feel an exhilaration."

The first thing you need to do is bring your burden to our loving Father. Speak to Hashem from the heart.

I’m also a rebbetzin but as yet I do not have married children; it’s an experience I’m looking forward to and the reason I am writing to you now.

If you are a blessing to others, life takes on a different meaning.

It really hit home when you pointed out that on Yom Kippur G-d forgives us with a smile and loving embrace.

When we give to others we are only returning that which He gave us.

We really are a bunch of schnorrers.

When I started a conversation with the young man his responses were rather cynical but I wouldn't give in.