Tag Archives: marriage
Intermarriage After Thirty Years
Firstly, I must tell you how impressed I was by your honesty and sensitivity – especially, by what you wrote at the end about not wanting to convert just for him. Here are my thoughts on the matter. First of … Continue reading
28 Days: Trying to Get Used to Church
Boy, you miss one day of church and you certainly hear about it. I say that tongue-in-cheek, but I was surprised to find that people actually noticed I wasn’t in church last week. It caught me a bit off guard. … Continue reading
Love and Divorce, Part 2
Although the Sichos HaRan, zt”l, writes that, in general, one should not divorce his wife unless compelled to by the halachah, there are certainly exceptions to this rule. Some people—even those with experience working with couples—believe that every rift in … Continue reading
Love and Divorce, Part 1
Today’s daf discusses a case of one who is forbidden to divorce his wife. Sh’lom bayis is a very complex area which requires much finesse and understanding. One must be very deft with a couple facing challenges in their marriage. … Continue reading
Is God Remarried?
Our Sages identify the festival of Shavuot with the Revelation; it was at this time that the Torah was given to the people of Israel at Sinai. In our prayers, we therefore refer to Shavuot as “the season of the … Continue reading
Who Are We to God?
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the … Continue reading
Shattered Fragments
When G-d sends the souls forth into the world, they include a male and female joined together…When they descend to the world…they are separated from each other. Sometimes one soul precedes the other in descending and entering a body of … Continue reading
Will My Grandchildren Be Jewish?
You could call this “extra” meditation a “Part 2″ of my earlier blog post What God Has Joined Together. Part of the “mission” of my blog is to document the life of an intermarried couple and what that means. Here … Continue reading
What God Has Joined Together
Today’s “extra” meditation. Tens of thousands of Jews have married non-Jews with similar worthy intentions, only to realize when it is already too late that raising a Jewish family with a non-Jewish partner is a near impossibility. You are my … Continue reading
Waiting for the Dawn
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds … Continue reading
