Home & Family
After many hours of looking for food, a bird returns to its nest, taking comfort in its warmth and safety. Your home and family are your nest.
Your home & family are the hub around which everything evolves . But what does it take to build a healthy home, and a harmonious family? What are the meaningful elements? What is the role of parents? And what of children? We hire architects and contractors to design and build beautiful physical structures. How do we design and build beautiful spiritual structures? What can I do to truly feel at home, or to enhance the home I have already built?
Mattot: World War III
Rabbi Jacobson discusses the tragic murder of Leiby Kletzky, and calls for a war against cruelty to children.
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Vayigash: Responding to Sandy Hook
Our children are the best of us, and it is their world that is far more real than our distorted one.
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Teenagers: The Rebellion of Youth
To satisfy the needs of our teenagers in today’s society, we must first recognize that their restlessness and hunger for meaning is not material but spiritual in nature, and that only spirituality can feed spiritual hunger. To fight a spiritual war, they must be equipped with spiritual weapons. This is a new approach to teenage rebellion.
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Honoring Parents Who Don’t Seem to Deserve Honor
The fifth commandment is to honor your parents. What if they don’t seem to deserve honor? How to deal with the obligation to honor abusive parents.
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Can Children Survive Parents who Claim to Know the Absolute Truth?
A discussion with Stephen Dubner, author of Turbulent Souls, about growing up in a fundamentalist religious household.
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Abusive Relationships
Can we really get over abusive relationships? Is it a situation that creates a victim forever? Can we free ourselves from abusive situations?
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Thanksgiving: When Home Doesn’t Feel Like Home
Millions of people experience dread, anguish, worry, and ambivalence about having to go home for Thanksgiving. Read open advice from Rabbi Jacobson and an assortment of people on how to deal with it.
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Sibling Relationships
Sibling relationships can be complicated. Sibling rivalry, power struggles, and other unique issues play into the sibling relationship dynamic.An open discussion on healing your relationships with your siblings.
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The Importance of Home and Family
When a family shares principles and values, they grow together. The home and family become a foundation for the family’s shared sense of purpose. The ultimate beauty in a home is its emotional and spiritual warmth. There are many ways to beautify your home spiritually.
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Be Fruitful and Multiply
How did it come about that one’s own child may be perceived as a potential threat to our personal well-being? Let’s look back to the first parents.The story of Adam & Eve illustrates how this idea began, but also offers solutions.
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