Family and Relationships
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Forgiveness & Fear of Being Hurt Again
I know the Torah says that Jewish people need to be forgiving, but how do you forgive? There is always a fear that this person may hurt you again, and by not forgiving you are creating a protective shield against…
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Genetic Infertility in Abraham’s Family
I’ve researched the Terah – Abraham genealogy and I see evidence of a hereditary transmission in this family of a peculiar Infertility/Twinning syndrome. Recent data about a similar syndrome appears in contemporary genetic literature. My question is does it make…
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Jewish Approach to Childlessness
So much of Jewish culture concentrates on our children, how to lead them, how to protect them and how the Jewish family is the cornerstone of our culture/religion. Over the last year or so, each time I hear a sermon…
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Your Relationship With Your Wife
Today the term “abuse” has developed a broader definition than in times past, including verbal, psychological and emotional with the physical. What does Torah (or any other appropriate source) tell us on how one should treat their wife? Here are…
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Marrying Into Wealth
I am engaged to a wealthy Jewish woman. I am not marrying her for her wealth. She has known only great wealth; whereas, I have always worked for my home, food, clothing, and so on. How will I raise my…
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Seclusion With the Opposite Sex and Abuse
I’m a Jewish nursing student and I am doing a paper on Orthodox Jews traditions regarding health care… I read in a website that that Orthodox Jews are prohibited from being in private with a member of the opposite sex…what…