marriage
The “Key” to Jacob’s Marriage with Rachel
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz I once went to a distant town and needed to stay at a hotel. I found one possible location and entered. I approached the front desk and asked the clerk, “How much does it cost to stay here for the night.” He...
The Key to a Successful Marriage
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz It was love at first sight; lightning that hit my heart and bowled me over. But like two star-crossed lovers, fate seemed determined to keep us apart. Normally, I would take my new love interests to meet my...
War or Marriage: Love is a Battleground
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz I struggled to find my wife, so I was overjoyed when I finally got married at the age of 39. Everything was fine until I got a letter in the mail from the IDF telling me to report for reserve duty. My wife was...
Women Who Kill – and Women Who Give Life
Who are you? This question seems deceptively simple, answered with a quick look at your driver’s license. But it is, in fact, a deeply complex question, one that we spend our entire lives answering and re-answering. A person’s identity is...
Why Are There Limitations Regarding Who a Priest Can Marry?
Until the Exodus from Egypt, the patriarchs had an individual relationship with God, bringing sacrifices wherever and whenever they felt the calling. But when God brought the Children of Israel out of Egypt, what had been a clan, a loose...
