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Tag: Family Relationships
The Jewish Status of a Child Born Using a Gestational Carrier
In a recent teshuvah, the CJLS answers the question, "what is the Jewish status of a child born using a gestational carrier?"
Jessica Chod
July 5, 2024
Child Birth
CJLS
Tu B’Av: Finding Love and Joy During The Mournful Summer
What is Tu B'Av and why is it a time to find love and joy during the mournful summer? It comes between Tisha B'Av and ...
Rabbi Andrew Pepperstone
July 3, 2024
Holidays
Tu B'av
Shabbat for Jewish Pets and Their Owners
Here are a few tips to celebrate Shabbat for Jewish pets and their owners and how to enhance your family's Shabbat experience.
Rabbi Alex Hamilton
June 19, 2024
Animals
Daily Living
How I Dip Maror in Charoset
Wrapping and dipping maror in charoset at Seder can be part of a family tradition. Explore this one to add more to your own Seder ...
Hazzan Sara Geffen Geller
April 5, 2024
Holidays
Passover
Engaging Kids of All Ages in the Passover Seder
Engaging kids of all ages in the Passover seder can feel daunting. Here are my top five tips for engaging everyone at the seder.
Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal
March 13, 2024
Holidays
Passover
Finding Quiet Solace in a Stormy World
Caleb Brommer, RS '24, speaks on finding quiet solace in a stormy world, for his JTS senior sermon, on Parashat Vayishlach.
Caleb Brommer
November 30, 2023
JTS Senior Sermon
Learning
Remembering Our Loved Ones Before Us
When our loved ones die, who remembers those they remembered? Here's a way to remember all of those that came before us.
Rabbi Miriam T. Spitzer
September 21, 2023
Death and Dying
Family
When the Holidays Are Hard
Everyone celebrates Rosh Hashanah differently, but sometimes, the holidays are hard. What can we do when this is true?
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman
September 11, 2023
Elul
Holidays
Mourning: A Rabbi’s Own Perspective
A rabbi, familiar with leading others through the process of mourning, goes through the same. Rabbi David Baum remembers his mother.
Rabbi David Baum
August 25, 2023
Death and Dying
Holidays
The Textual Foundations of Honoring One’s Parents
The Rabbis explain that honoring one’s parents is to be understood essentially as an act of worshiping God.
Rabbi Daniel Nevins
,
The Observant Life (Book)
May 31, 2023
Family
Learning
Jewish Obligations of Parents to Children
When speaking about family, there is a wide variety of opinions and also a variety of obligations of parents, situations and relationships.
Rabbi Daniel Nevins
,
The Observant Life (Book)
May 30, 2023
Family
Halakhah