jewishfamily

Everything we have in life is an undeserved gift from God.  Many young people in today’s society feel entitled, as if someone owes them something.  What they fail to realize is that NOBODY OWES THEM ANYTHING.  Everything is a gift to be appreciated.  Of course parents provide as much as they can for their children […]

Everyone seems to suffer from some sort of anxiety these days.  But the greatest universal anxiety is anxiety about why Moshiach is not here yet and why we are still in exile!   This is a subconscious anxiety affecting everyone and in fact is behind many other anxieties.  So rather than sit and wait for Moshiach

Today is the day of Gimmel Tamuz (the third day of the Hebrew month of Tamuz), the day that the Lubavitcher Rebbe was concealed from us.  But that concealment was only from our perspective. He continues to lead us, help us, bless us and guide us. Why did we have to go through this concealment?

If you watch a movie, you see people acting as if everything is real. Couples who are married in real life act as if married to someone else in the movie. Everything looks real and perhaps even feels real to the actors.  To me this is very dangerous: for a married person to act married

A very important part of promoting marital harmony is to constantly nourish a feeling of gratitude and to learn to be happy with one’s lot; to really appreciate everything one has, with simplicity and joy. We learn to find happiness in small things.We do not yearn for things others have. Very often, and I think

The world seems chaotic these day.  But underneath all that chaos is a definite change for the better. For generations society has “worshipped” money and power, put their trust in governments or systems, trusted medical advice unquestioningly etc. etc.  Now the world is changing: all the things we looked up to for generations are falling

On Passover we became  Jewish nation. G-d chose us to be His people. Why is it called Passover? Because on the night before we left Egypt, G-d passed over the homes of the JEwish people and only destroyed the first born of the Egyptians. He Himself came down to Egypt to rescue us and did

Often when faced with , G-d forbid, a crisis or challenge in life, or a situation that causes suffering, we may think to ourselves “Where is Hashem? Is He with me or not? Why is this happening?”  It is very important to remember that Hashem is ALWAYS with you, no matter what the situation or

The Jewish nation are a miraculous people. God has been doing miracles for the Jewish people since the beginning . Our entire existence is based on miracles. Avraham Avinu and Sara Imenu were unable to have children but with miracles they were granted a son in their old age.  And so on through the generations:

Real trauma means having experienced a very shocking or traumatic experience at some point in life.  But the word “trauma” is used far too loosely in today’s world.  Therapists, parents, teachers, advisors and so on all throw around the word “trauma” whenever someone is going through  depression or is unhappy in life etc.  But not