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Ask the Rebbetzin – Parashat Toldot Printable VersionDear Rebbetzin Siegelbaum,My wife found your book (Women at the Crossroads) and we have been enjoying reading from it at our Shabbos Table. We have a question. In Parshas Toldos, p.23, you say that Antoninus...
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Ask the Rebbetzin – Parashat Chayei SarahPrintable VersionDear Rebbetzin,I once attended a workshop with you where you incorporated a meditation. You had us close our eyes, breathe slowly and do something. I can’t remember exactly what, but it was very much like doing...
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Ask the Rebbetzin – Parshat VayeraPrintable VersionDear Rebbetzin,I’m struggling with the issue of “Women serving their husbands” – It is so difficult. Do you have any illumination that can help me internalize this? My Israeli Moroccan husband seems to need it...
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Ask the Rebbetzin – Parashat Lech Lecha Printable VersionDear Rebbetzin, It really bothers me that the Torah seems prejudiced against woman. Both Avraham and Sarah laughed when they were told that Sarah was going to bear a son for Avraham. However, only Sarah is...
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Ask the Rebbetzin: Parashat NoachPrintable VersionDear Rebbetzin,The Torah tells us about the righteousness of Noach, who survived the flood, but what about his wife? Wouldn’t she have had to be a woman with extraordinary emunah, patience, and love for her husband, in...
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Ask the Rebbetzin: Parashat Bereishit Printable VersionDear Rebbetzin,I have always wondered why Chava was created from Adam’s rib, rather than Adam being created from Chava’s rib. Why is woman created from man and not vice versa? Doesn’t this seem to indicate...
