September 20, 2024
By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB
“ACCEPTING THE INVEVITABLE”
All men are mortal.
Yankel is a man.
Therefore, Yankel is mortal.
You have just read a basic lesson in logic, one that appears in almost every textbook on...
September 13, 2024
By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB
“Didn’t You See Them?”
It is a question that I learned never to ask. I first learned this lesson in my training as a psychotherapist, long ago. I was...
September 06, 2024
By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB
“THE DUTY OF CIVILIANS IN WAR“
It seems that war is one of the most common of all human activities. Study history of the human race, and you will not find many years...
August 30, 2024
By RABBI TZVI HIRSH WEINREB
“TREE-LIKE”
I love metaphors. An apt metaphor can help stimulate boundless creativity and can lead to a deeper and richer understanding of the concept being studied.
Take, for example, the metaphor of a...
August 23, 2024
By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB
“HOW AM I DOING?”
If your child, employee, or colleague asks you that question, you can be sure that he or she is sincere, wishes to learn, and will...
August 16, 2024
By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB
“DISCIPLINE AND SUFFERING”
As a parent, grandparent, and psychologist, I am often considered to be something of an expert on parenting and child-rearing. In that capacity, I have frequently...
August 09, 2024
By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB
“Unanswered Prayers”
It is a question with which every religious person has at one time been confronted and been confounded. Even those of us who are not theologically inclined...
August 02, 2024
By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB
“A TIME AND A PLACE”
“He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.” We have all heard this phrase, and many of us have used it. It...
July 26, 2024
By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB
“HONESTY AND INTEGRITY”
Every so often, I come across a sentence of another person’s writing which expresses one of my own thoughts in a language far superior...
July 19, 2024
By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB
“LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP”
Too often, leaders cling to power. They are so intoxicated by the privileges of their position that they become blinded to their own vulnerabilities and even...