Tag: alter rebbe
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Birth Without Pain: Hypnobirthing, Chassidus, and the Pain/Pleasure Dynamic
First, the story of a birth without pain. Because this is not the story that is told about birthing. You have likely heard the “fact” that birth involves the worst pain ever. If you are a pregnant woman, then at each appointment the doctor likely lists everything that could go wrong (as justification for more…
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G-d is Handing you Resistance Bands: Why Life is Full of Challenges
“It is Not Good for Man to Be Alone; I Will Make Him an Ezer Kenegdo” Bereshis 2:18 Hidden in this one verse, and specifically in the phrase “ezer kenegdo,” often translated, inaccurately, as helpmate, is another layer in our search for the deeper reason for the diminishment of the feminine. In a richly packed…