The Blessings of Blessing

by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Life Lessons from the Heart of Rebbetzin

Lessons from the Rebbetzin’s Heart – Parashat V’Zot Ha’BrachaPrintable VersionBlessings Create Positive Reality “It’s my birthday today so I would love to give you a bracha (blessing) May you discover your true place in Judaism, find your soulmate, express...

Returning to the Root of Our Existence

by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Life Lessons from the Heart of Rebbetzin

Lessons from the Rebbetzin’s Heart – Parashat NitzavimPrintable VersionReturning to the Divine Spark of Our Soul We definitely feel the teshuvah (repentance) in the air as the full moon rises in the Elul sky, and we awake to the call of the neighbors’...

Fostering Fruit Friendships

by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Life Lessons from the Heart of Rebbetzin

Lessons from the Rebbetzin’s Heart – Parashat ShoftimPrintable VersionMy Emotional Attachment to Fruit-Trees I have a sad, dead nectarine tree in my garden. It is the third nectarine tree to go, and I’m mourning because my trees are in some aspect like my...

Was Jesus a Kind Spiritual Healer or a False Prophet?

by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Life Lessons from the Heart of Rebbetzin

Life Lessons from Rebbetzin’s Heart – Parashat Re’eh Printable VersionThe Rise of Messianic Judaism In Medieval Spain, many Jews hid their Jewishness in order to survive. They concealed their Siddur and Chumash (Pentateuch) behind secular books in their...

How Does the Torah Require Us to Treat Converts?

by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Life Lessons from the Heart of Rebbetzin

Lessons from the Rebbetzin’s Heart – Parashat EkeivPrintable VersionHoly Conversion Candidates I have been running a conversion program for more than 15 years as a subdivision of Midreshet B’erot Bat Ayin. What prompted me to start the conversion program?...

Do We Need to Make a Favorable Impression on the Gentiles?

by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Life Lessons from the Heart of Rebbetzin

Lessons from the Rebbetzin’s Heart – Parashat V’EtchananPrintable VersionSupreme Settlements I had the privilege to grow up in a very organized and clean country. In Denmark, all the trains arrive and depart exactly on time! The people rarely throw candy...