Love Archives

Topic: Love

Setting a Table for Two: Enhancing Relationships, Achieving Intimacy by Avraham Peretz Friedman

Setting a Table for Two: Enhancing Intimacy

A Tale of Two Brains

A tale of two brains: Entertaining film

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Blink reveals that great decision makers aren’t those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of “thin-slicing”–filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.

A Kabbalistic Difference Between Men and Women

Hilchos Nidda Handbook

Great for kallas who can’t take notes. For a copy, contact Tova Rappaport 845-270-8484. Approved by Rabbi Dovid Haber.

Hold Me Tight: Your Guide to the Most Successful Approach to Building Loving Relationships

Good explanation of EFT – emotionally focused therapy. It tries to open up emotional vulnerabilities underlying the person’s over reactivity or shut down stance within a safe environment and with this understanding, it tries to substitute finger pointing with compassion.

A Woman’s Guide to the Laws of Niddah

A halachic guide by Binyomin Forst

Kedushah: The Sexual Abstinence of Married Men in Gur, Slonim, and Toledot Aharon

A paper written by someone in Hebrew University breaking down the different Sexual restrictions of certain Chassidic groups. From the abstract: Kedushah (holiness) developed as a pietistic ideal for the virtuous few, encouraging married men to limit to the minimum the frequency and modes of Sexual intercourse with their wives. Today, the Hasidic groups of Gur, Slonim, and Toledot Aharon (Toldes Aaron) radicalize this ideal by imposing it on the community as a whole giving rise to controversy and dissent.

My Gift of Mikvah by Mikvah USA

Resources on the topic of Mikvah, videos, articles, essays, Q&As. Speakers available.

How and Why to Hold a Weekly Marriage Meeting

Marriage therapist Marcia Berger suggests holding a weekly 30-minute meeting with your spouse that’s broken into four parts: Appreciation (expressing gratitude to your spouse), Chores (making sure to-dos are getting done), Plan for Good Times (scheduling date nights, as well as individual and family activities), and Problems/Challenges (addressing conflicts/issues/changes in the relationship and in life in general). This article is a summary of how to.

Connecting Jewish Women, Strengthening Homes and Communities

Core creates warm and inspiring Jewish communities by nourishing and networking frum women. Core offers training, resources and support for women who want to strengthen their communities on an intentional and ongoing basis. It supports ongoing gatherings that help build individuals, families, communities, and the Jewish people.