You may not be familiar with Omri Lavi, a 25-year-old redhead whose life was cut short on October 7, 2023. You probably do know of two redheaded boys, Kfir and Ariel Bibas, who were abducted that same day and buried this past Wednesday, despite having been strangled to death over a year earlier. I don’t
Dear Rabbi and Susan, You are absolutely right that a man feels emasculated if the wife out-earns the husband. Recently, I have lost 2 contracts on my side-business, and my struggling main employment of 16 years has reduced my salary for the 7th year in a row despite 9 years of promises of a turnaround
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The game of “stump the Lapin children” was one many innocently played by asking our kids, “What does your father do?” While their friends replied to the same question with, “He’s a lawyer” or “He builds houses” our children stood silent. What did their father do? The older ones remembered a time when the answer
Beneath our beauty and charm, beyond our captivating personalities, lies the miraculous machinery of our bodies. Three of the most intricate systems that keep us functioning are the digestive system which processes our food, the respiratory system which manages our breathing, and the circulatory system which pumps blood throughout our bodies. These three systems work
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Name: Robert As a father with a six-year-old daughter, I’m wondering what is the best way to teach her about how to interact with boys at her current age? Although she is only six, she is very pretty, and another boy of the same age has been flirting with her since preschool and they both
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There is so much wrong thinking in the world that it is becoming increasingly rare to encounter something that makes one’s jaw hit the floor. Last week, I did. After hearing an ad for something that sounded like Galantine’s Day on my car radio, I posted a Lapin Lens asking if anyone knew what it
My aunt recently celebrated her hundredth birthday. The local newspaper offered to interview her, but she declined. Although I was disappointed, I respected her wishes. Nevertheless, I feel, perhaps intuitively, that it would be meaningful to honor her in some way. Am I wrong to feel this way? Could you suggest a way for our
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Life with President Trump certainly isn’t boring. Should we talk about Greenland or Gaza? Pam Bondi or RFK Jr.? DOGE or the Department of Education? Will the information be current when this Musing goes out or will it read like an analysis of ancient history? These days, at least I wear a smile on my
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If you’d like your week to include regular exercise or workout time, don’t sit around making spreadsheets; just do it. If you want your days to start with prayer or meditation, don’t write out proclamations; just do it. If you’d like to learn to read financial statements, don’t explore articles about how important it is;
Dear Rabbi and Susan, I got engaged last year to a beautiful lady [about 4 years older than me]. [She was married at 19 and] long story short, she was abused for 10 years and encouraged by the church to stay with her husband, being told that he only had affairs because she wasn’t doing
