With a daughter-in-law who is entering the final weeks of her pregnancy, perhaps shouting, “The baby is here” was not my smartest move. Nonetheless, my husband immediately understood what was causing my excitement. The mourning dove eggs in a nest outside our window had started to hatch. We returned home from an overnight trip about
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Dear Rabbi and Susan, What role should a wife play in assisting her husband with employment? Is it her responsibility to also look for jobs for her husband? Tina M. Dear Tina, You used such an interesting word —responsibility. We say that it isn’t a wife’s responsibility to look for jobs for her husband but
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Some people are kicking up a fuss about President Trump’s order to review national museums for anti-American bias. We’re not saying that the president reads Susan’s Musings, but back in September 2024, Susan wrote the following after a visit to Washington, D.C. Read here: https://rabbidaniellapin.com/history-is-dismal/
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In his book, The Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes called it, “the English translation made in the beginning of the reign of King James.” He was, of course, referring to the King James translation of the Bible, published in England in 1611. This translation, while not always perfectly accurate to the original Hebrew text of the Tanach,
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By the time I entered kindergarten, I was already a relatively proficient reader. I don’t think that my mother made any special efforts to teach me to read, but books surrounded me. Many we owned, and more were obtained when she took me by bus to the library, where we checked out the maximum number
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Dear Rabbi and Susan Lapin, I am writing to you on behalf of a friend who is in need of good advice regarding her marriage. Her latest concern, and what got me to write to you for advice, is that her husband has declared to her that he is planning to quit his full-time job
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Dear Friend: Were it not for you, we wouldn’t be here to greet an unprecedented opportunity. Your support has sustained us to this season and enabled us to witness the turning of the tide. Like an old-time thriller, the heroine, civilization, is tied to a stake on the seashore, and the water has been rising.
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Not surprisingly, when we owned a sailboat, our bookshelves were filled with boating books. Among them was a humorous volume listing tongue-in-cheek definitions for sailing terminology. If you have ever owned a sailboat this one should elicit a chuckle: Boat ownership – standing under a cold shower while tearing $100 dollar bills into pieces and
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Greetings Rabbi Daniel and Susan, I was reading in the Book of 2 Kings, and it continually refers to: The book of the history of the Kings of Israel. Is this book still available to read? Can the original be purchased? Thank you for your time and help with this. You are both such a
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Many suspect that the institution of business is inherently flawed. Since it is obvious that successful businesses must always push the boundaries of what can be done, people assume that it must also push boundaries beyond what should be done. Therefore, they argue, the institution of business is inherently flawed. Like most dangerous lies, this
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