Relationships

We are who we love: self, fellow, and what connects us

Unraveling the mystery of love, marriage, and relationships.

Popular gender stereotypes are not merely incorrect, they're outright harmful

Aspire to the greatest piety possible, but never at the expense of others

The year is the same, the days are the same, but the months are different. It is a time quite individual -- created by G-d, especially for me...

Why does G‑d tell you how to get divorced, if He believes in marriage?

Everyone can become a “mother.” What comes naturally to the female half of creation can be learned and assimilated by all, and not only in giving birth to children but in every one of life’s endeavors.

Marriages need separations. Sometimes a couple will get into arguments and be angry at each other just for the sake of creating a distance so that husband and wife can feel like they’re coming together . . . But there’s a better way.

If galut is a time of estrangement between G-d and Israel, why were the two keruvim embracing at the time of the Temple’s destruction? Wouldn’t the destruction of the Holy Temple mark a nadir in our relationship with the Almighty?

As in a marriage, when the wedding-party is over, the couple's true intimate life begins. Shemini Atzeret is described as the "time of intimacy with the Divine." At this time, we ask for rain - the symbol of intimacy between heaven and earth.