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I do not know much about spousal abuse, but I gained a better understanding of it after watching
Herself, the story of a young mother, Sandra, who flees her tyrannical husband and overcomes the challenges of a dysfunctional housing system that originally was created to help families in crisis. Motivating her are her two daughters, Molly and Emma, for whom she labors long and hard to provide a loving and stable home life.
Singing the 15 stanza-long hymn
Dayenu is one of the most iconic components of the Passover Seder. In the song, we praise G-d for 15 acts of kindness that He bestowed upon the Jewish People, from taking the Jews out of Egypt through building the Temple in Jerusalem. The Hebrew word
Dayenu means enough. After each stanza we say
Dayenu and exclaim that each of these acts of kindness would have been enough reason for us to rejoice and express our gratitude.
The problem, as has been pointed out by numerous commentators, is that a closer reading of the song reveals that this is simply not correct. Gratitude at each stage is premature.
Remembering Rabbi Twerski, zt l jewishlink.news - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jewishlink.news Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
March 9, 2021
The death of the Chasidic rabbi and famed psychiatrist, Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski, on Jan. 31 prompted much coverage in the U.S. and Israel, where he lived in his later years. But the press missed a major element of his important legacy.
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Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski was the author of a more than 80 books.
The obituaries covered his religious and universal appeal through the more than 80 books he wrote, his breakthrough work on drug and alcohol addiction through the Gateway Rehabilitation Center he founded in Pittsburgh, and his friendship with “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz, whose comic strip the rabbi used as a tool with his patients, attributing great psychological insights to Charlie Brown.
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