Ask the Rebbetzin – Chol HaMoed PesachPrintable Version Dear Rebbetzin,Growing up in a yekkish (German Jewish) home I naturally became a ‘neat freak.’ Soon after Tu b’Shevat I start Pesach preparations as it takes me and my cleaning crew about two month to get...
Ask the Rebbetzin – Parashat TzavPrintable VersionDear Rebbetzin,I’ve been a vegetarian for many years and I have a hard time with the notion of animal sacrifices which is so central in the Book of Vayikra. These rites seem to me barbaric and unethical to...
Ask the Rebbetzin – Parashat VayikraPrintable VersionDear Rebbetzin,I really feel at a complete loss, and have a hard time keeping up my emunah (faith). My biological clock has been ticking for more than a decade, and I don’t know if I will ever get married and...
Ask the Rebbetzin – Parashat Vayakhel/PekudeiPrintable VersionDear Rebbetzin,I’ve been put in a difficult situation acting as a middleman between a daughter and her mother who is undergoing hardship and grief due to the husband’s dementia and subsequent...
Ask the Rebbetzin – Parashat Ki Tisa Printable VersionDearest Rebbetzin,I have a question for you – I feel very hurt when I read that Hashem wanted only the “males” to come to the Temple during the Shalosh Regalim (Pilgrim Festivals). The word used to...
Ask the Rebbetzin – Parashat TerumaPrintable VersionDearest Rebbetzin,I’ve been wondering why the Torah goes into such details in describing the Mishkan. It seems a bit tedious to go through all the measurements of each of the Tabernacle and its vessels. Why are...
