Our earlier experiences around the holidays impact how we celebrate them as adults. Sharing your Pesach memories can help you both better understand why you feel certain ways about different aspects of Pesach. You may also decide together about creating new family traditions and experiences. You might talk about
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Matzah, with its flatness, reflects selfless humility. Pride and ego are often at the root of the issues in so many conflicts. Pride shows up as selfishness, arrogance, unforgiveness, intolerance, self-righteousness, anger, defensiveness and the NEED TO BE RIGHT!! Humility is the acceptance of things as they are. Only the humble have a firm grasp
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True freedom is not being limited by the boundaries that hold us back from our true potential. Those boundaries may be of our own making, and sometimes outside influences. Your limiting beliefs, the stories you tell yourself, staying in your comfort zone those are all self imposed limitations. And those boundaries you can definitely ‘pass
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Chametz, which rises, represents the ego, one’s pride. Particularly, arrogance, the negative pride (pride in the right context is a good thing). As we prepare for Pesach, we get rid of all chametz – even the crumbs. Even the smallest arrogance can hinder your relationships with others and even with yourself. Arrogance is about having
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Pesach. Wonderful family time and new family memories. For some, it is a time of family stress and misery :(. Stress can prevent our ability to focus and it promotes negative thinking. When stressed, we are irritable. Argumentative. Grumpy. We lash out. Perceive everything as a slight. Get miffed extra easily. Stress can also impair
Rabbi Abba and Chanie Perelmuter, Shluchim at Shul by the Shore in Long Beach, CA address the typical Pesach stresses in their unique Perelmuter style – humor and practicality. They share tips, insights and laughs from their many Pesach experiences – with young children and with grandchildren and married children; at home and as shluchim; as guests and as hosts; in a tiny kitchen and a (sort of) decent sized kitchen. (recorded 2018)
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Shalom Bayis, as a direct mitzvah from the Torah is paramount. Chumros and minhagim are just that – chumros and minhagim. If one spouse is not quite ready to take on the chumros, the Shalom Bayis should not be jeopardized. How one introduces these new ideas can make all the difference.
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Pesach. Wonderful family time and new family memories. For some, it is a time of family stress and misery :(. So much of that can be prevented. With planning and pre-emptive discussions.
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