Can Love Overcome Resentment?
A Lesson from Vayigash
By Yisroel Susskind
Judah was essentially saying, "It makes no difference whether I think that my father was unfair. I have reached deep within myself and know that the most important truth is that I love my father and I cannot allow him such pain..."
Parshah » Bereishit - Genesis » Vayigash » Parshah Columnists » Guest Columnists » Can Love Overcome Resentment?
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Giving in Relationships
By Yisroel Susskind
I have been seeing a couple that is stuck in a non-nurturing relationship. Each spouse says to me, "My spouse doesn't make me feel like giving. My spouse is selfish. For me to give would feel like a burden; it would feel phony."
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Sweeten Your Marriage with Dream Power
By Yisroel Susskind
As a marriage therapist, I advise clients to take the time to actively engage in positive daydreams about their marriage. Create positive visual images has a tremendous affect.
Parshah » Devarim - Deuteronomy » Re'eh » Parshah Columnists » Guest Columnists » Sweeten Your Marriage with Dream Power
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A Linguistic Solution to Marital Anger
By Yisroel Susskind
In the Torah, a single word often appears in an unusual fashion that draws the eye. One such word appears in the beginning of this week's reading. I will attempt to show how this word offers a solution to marital anger.
Parshah » Devarim - Deuteronomy » Va'etchanan » Parshah Columnists » Guest Columnists » A Linguistic Solution to Marital Anger
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Marriage Without Anger
By Yisroel Susskind
The single greatest challenge faced by couples is how they handle their anger. How does one deal with the inevitable disagreements in marriage, without becoming angry?
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Falling in Love or Climbing in Love?
By Yisroel Susskind
Many young people raise fears about making the commitment to marry. "How will I know that this is the right person, the perfect person, the person who is truly the other half of my soul? And even if I meet such a person, how do I know that our mutual ...
Blogs » Save this Marriage » Falling in Love or Climbing in Love?
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Five Steps to a more Joyous Marriage
By Yisroel Susskind
Negate anger, validate affection. A Rebbe and his attendant had journeyed all day through the countryside. The Rebbe instructed his attendant, Reb Chaim, to prepare for their night's rest: "Please set up the tent near that stream, draw some water, lay ...
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The Gift of Forgiveness
By Yisroel Susskind
From my perspective as a family therapist, the greatest treasure in our Torah-inheritance is the instruction to free ourselves of anger and resentment...
Jewish Holidays » High Holidays » Yom Kippur » Study » Insights » The Gift of Forgiveness
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Moses vs. Freud: Can Marriage Thrive?
By Yisroel Susskind
In the 70's, people challenged the concepts of monogamy and fidelity, naively believing that they could be truly caring and faithful to multiple contemporaneous partners. That simplistic innocence has been replaced in the 90's by a hard cynicism...
Lifecycles » Marriage » Finding Your Soulmate » Why Marry? » Readings » Moses vs. Freud: Can Marriage Thrive?
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The Extra Matzah
By Yisroel Susskind
"I know that you sent word that you could give only three matzahs, but nonetheless my father, the Seret-Vizhnitzer Rebbe, told me to tell you that he must have six matzahs."
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