To Open Your Eyes, Move Your Feet
Saddened and pained, Abraham is commanded to banish Hagar and the child he bore with her – Ishmael (Genesis 19:11). […]
Author Archive for: Rabbi Elazar Bloom, LMFT
Entries by Rabbi Elazar Bloom, LMFT
“Give Him a Chance!” (Vayera)
Give Him a Chance! “And G-d said: “Should I conceal from Abraham what I am doing?!” (Genesis 18:17) G-d had […]
Focus On the Gifts (Lech Lecha)
“And Abraham said to G-d: If only Yishmael would live before you.” (Genesis 17:18) Abraham knew Yishmael’s limitations and yet […]
Harvey Weinstein and the Elephant in Therapy
The therapeutic relationship, whether with a man, woman or child is an intimate one. Behind a closed door, the therapist […]
God’s Faith in Us (Noach)
Noah believed in God, so he saved himself, but he could not save his world. Abraham believed that God believed […]
Your “Bashert” and Your Subconscious
In my previous 2 posts on marriage, it was my goal to explore the relationship between the Imago model of […]
To Commit to Another
“And Abraham went as God spoke to him, and Lot went together with him”. The verse seems to be saying that […]
The Escape Hatch
After Noah leaves the ark his very first action is to plant a vineyard. Why a vineyard? A possible approach […]
When Your Child Asks: “What’s This?!”
A number of years back Rabbi Aaron Ross of Yavneh Academy in New Jersey posted the following on LookJed, a […]
Each and Every One of Us
In this week’s Torah portion of Nitzavim-Vayelech, Moshe (Moses) conducts the final preparations for bringing the Jewish nation into Israel and […]
