Rebecca Masinter

How Should a Six-Year-Old Girl Interact With Boys?

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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Two Parents – One Voice

“Dad, can I have extra computer time?” If you’ve never spent time with kids, you may wonder why the child didn’t ask Mom. Everyone else understands that children intuitively know which parent is more likely to yield the desired answer in the moment, and that’s the parent they’ll turn to. Unfortunately, this natural dynamic is

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5Fs for Teenagers?

Dear Rabbi and Susan Lapin. I got The Holistic You book and I am blown away by how the 5 Fs interact. In addition, your latest podcast relating to the Daily Mail scenario was truly eye-opening… I have learned so much from you and really appreciate your honesty without the warm butter LOL. I have

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Targeted Actions

“Come to Pharaoh for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants so that I can put my signs in his midst, and so that you may tell in the ears of your son and your grandsons how I made a mockery of Egypt and my signs that I placed among them—and

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Come—Even When You Go

The third section of the book of Exodus, starting with Exodus 9 begins with God telling Moses, “Come to Pharaoh.” The obvious question is, why does God say, “come to Pharaoh” instead of “go to Pharaoh”?  Surely, “go to Pharaoh” is what we expect to hear! The classic answer is that God is telling Moses

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When Things Fall Apart

After 210 years of enslavement, the Jewish people are finally about to be redeemed.  God gives Moses his mission to tell Pharaoh, “Let my people go!”  What happens at the beginning of Exodus when Moses and Aaron approach the king of Egypt with their request? (Exodus 5)  Not only did Pharaoh famously say, “No, I

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