The Rebbetzin's Husband

Per economist Paul Zak, the human brain generates oxytocin in response to experiences in which we feel close to others - weddings, hugs, rec...

[ This week's Haveil Havalim is here ] This morning I presented a shiur on halachic issues in treating anxiety and depression. I've ...

[ My Tisha b'Av article for YU To Go is now on-line here . ] Here’s a question I’ve asked and been asked over the years: At what point s...

Has this ever happened to you? Standing on line at the supermarket checkout, davening next to someone in shul, sitting next to someone at a ...

[ This week’s Haveil Havalim is here ] I'm having a very busy few days as the kollel resumes programming and as my counterparts at vario...

I heard an interesting term on the radio this morning: High Self-Monitors . The label refers to people who pay attention to the way they are...

I took a little thousand-mile (all right, 950, close enough) road trip on Sunday-Monday. I'm a music addict behind the wheel, so I spent...

[ This week's Haveil Havalim is here ] A bit too much going on for a real post today, but here are two items that caught my eye recently...

CNN is reporting on an inevitable psychological phenomenon, The Avatar Blues , in which people who immerse themselves in the film have a har...

[ This week's Toronto Torah is here ! ] Last night we celebrated my brother-in-law’s engagement. (To a Toronto girl, no less! I have now...

Ever since my Remembrance Day post, I’ve been thinking about a post on sensitivity to the left vs. sensitivity to the right, but it’s not qu...

The other night I attended a meeting in which a key participant avoided answering an important question. I passed a note to a friend, saying...

A friend related that he had finally told off a very difficult person at work. “I really gave it to him,” he said. The conversation reminded...

Sitting in the airport waiting on a flight to Toronto, I scanned this week's email from ScienceDaily and found this gem: Students who g...

[A great new edition of Haveil Havalim is out here .] A few years back I noticed that Israel’s Dalton Winery was producing a line of wines ...

Avoiding preparing a derashah for Shabbos Haazinu, I will instead catch up a little more in these notes on Daf Yomi. There isn’t much here f...

And Gd told Avraham to bring up his son, his only son, whom he loved, Yitzchak, as an offering on Har haMoriyah. And Avraham obeyed the Divi...

[ Note: This week’s Haveil Havalim is here . ] I love those studies that make you scratch your head and say, “And just how much did you spe...

[ This week's Haveil Havalim is up! ] Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms, 2003 - Lighten up to be less serious about something. Pe...

After a month of hearing about Jeremiah Wright this and Jeremiah Wright that, I finally gave in and watched the video of his famous sermons:...