Dear Rabbi and Susan, Can you please give me more insight by what is meant by leave and cleave? Darren T. Dear Darren, We appreciate your faith in us that we will recognize and place the phrase “leave and cleave” to Genesis 2:24: “…a man should leave his father and his mother and cleave to
Mixing things up a bit here. Instead of a written Musing, I’m sharing a video interview. I was delighted to be a guest on the Rebranding Motherhood podcast and enjoyed chatting with host Jillian Tymo. Let me know what you think. Enjoyed this article? Feel free to share it using this link: https://rabbidaniellapin.com/building-strong-homes-in-a-noisy-age/ What If
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If we hear about one of a couple who took off a long weekend to climb 14,000-foot Pikes Peak Mountain in Colorado, we can confidently guess it was the husband and not the wife. Similarly, if we hear about one of a couple who wants to risk savings on a new business venture, it is
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Dear Rabbi and Susan, My husband and I will be reaching our 25th wedding anniversary next July. Our marriage was only a civil one. Ever since discovering your teachings six years ago, our path has turned toward the Lord. However, I believe our marriage is missing a covenant with God. According to Ancient Jewish wisdom,
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Dear Rabbi and Susan, I thought of writing to you a few times, but I kept on saying to myself that there is nothing you can do, so I put it off but now I am just about at the end of my rope. I am desperate and maybe you can help. Let me explain.
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I can honestly say I have a very good wife and she is the love of my life, However I feel she’s too tough on me from time to time and sometimes I’m pretty darn sure she’s downright wrong. I just can’t shake the fact that, had it not been for my shortcomings and being
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Hello, I hope all is well with you and your family. I am a young beautiful wife with 3 children. I’ve been with my husband since I was 19 years old, I am 31 today. From the outside, we look like a great and successful family. In many ways we are. I’ve been incredibly blessed.
Just a few years after Americans won their war of independence from the British, Mozart created his beloved comedic opera, The Marriage of Figaro. The original Italian name appears in the subject line; the Italian noun “nozze” means marriage. Could “nozze” be etymologically related to the word for marriage in the Lord’s language, Hebrew, “nossei”?
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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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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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