"My High School Principal Nearly Destroyed Me"
“My Principal Wouldn’t Let the Other Girls Talk to Me” A courageous letter from a girl who was deliberately ostracized, to the principal...
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Elisheva Liss
Mar 13, 20194 min read
National Trauma: A Message From Zachor and Amalek
When terrible things happen, it’s natural to react intensely. It can be a tremendous challenge to even imagine life beyond the event and...
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Elisheva Liss
Jan 6, 20196 min read
Trouble In the Bedroom: Marital Sexual Problems and How We Can Help
Every year around this time, I wonder if this will be the year I try and “do something about it.” These are the weeks we call Shovevim...
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Elisheva Liss
Jan 3, 20195 min read
What if My B’show Was Wrong
What if my b’show didn’t work? This post will undoubtedly elicit strong reactions from readers on both sides of this issue. I want to...
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Elisheva Liss
Nov 26, 20182 min read
Could We Please Stop Telling Girls that Marrying a Yeshiva Guy Is the Only Way to Get a Good Husband
This will be a short, not-so-sweet, but to-the-point post (bordering on rant). To some, what I’m about to say might be obvious, but to...
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Elisheva Liss
Oct 4, 20183 min read
Powerful Judges Raping Women in this Week’s Parsha
There is so much kid-friendly content in this week’s parsha, and such an abbreviated week for studying it, that we often just gloss over...
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Elisheva Liss
Sep 26, 20186 min read
Confronting Happiness - Anxiety
Have you ever found that happiness sometimes brings fear? That often when we find, receive, or achieve something good, it’s almost like:...
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Elisheva Liss
Aug 8, 20187 min read
Parental Plane Letter to My Child Going Off to Israel
In preparation for Rosh Chodesh Elul, I am deviating from my usual blogging style to share something a bit more personal. The following...
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Elisheva Liss
Jun 11, 20185 min read
The Suicide Trend: When Great People Want to Die
Suicide has been getting a lot of attention in the news lately, due to some high profile cases. Shortly before that, the second season of...
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Elisheva Liss
Jun 6, 20187 min read
My Kid “Frummed out” in Israel:Should We be Glad or Concerned?Seven Talking Points for Parents
“It’s not that I mind Rachel becoming more religious; we expected that to a degree, when we allowed her to go to Israel for the year....
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Elisheva Liss
May 28, 20185 min read
Women Who Hate the Niddah Laws
Sima had ostensibly done everything “right”. She was a prototypical “aidel maidel”- a respectful daughter, a helpful sister, a caring...
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Elisheva Liss
May 12, 20185 min read
Orthodox Women and Sexual Self-Pleasuring
Kayla (pseudonym) was referred to me a number of years ago, by her caring Rebbetzen and mentor, for what she described as a “very...
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Elisheva Liss
Apr 23, 20183 min read
Does My Anxiety Mean I Lack Emunah?
Tzivi is a deeply devout 24 year old mother and wife. She prays twice daily, while raising her toddler and baby, and working 30 hours a...
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Elisheva Liss
Dec 13, 20176 min read
She Was Told Never Say No to Your Husband
Miriam and Chaim had been married for just over ten years, and was happily and busily raising their brood of five lively children, when...
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Elisheva Liss
Dec 7, 20174 min read
Sexual Assault Allegations in this Week’s Parsha
It seems that every time we click on a newsfeed, there are more accusations of sexual assault against high profile personalities. In the...
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Elisheva Liss
Nov 1, 20173 min read
Rethinking the Phrase: “Off the Derech”
Have you ever heard another Jew described as going “off the derech”? What did that mean to you? How did that make you feel? I’m having a...
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Elisheva Liss
Sep 26, 20172 min read
Flavors of Forgiveness: What to do when it's not "all good"
Welcome to the season of begging forgiveness. We run around apologizing, trying to let go of past resentments and obtain pardons for our...
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Elisheva Liss
Feb 23, 20174 min read
Education Without Soul
Leah [pseudonym] is a 21 year old assistant preschool teacher in a beis yaakov school and part time college student. Sweet, social, and...
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