I Love You (especially) Here
When he was very young, at times, our oldest son would hit me. I remember how hard this was as […]
Author Archive for: Rabbi Elazar Bloom, LMFT
Entries by Rabbi Elazar Bloom, LMFT
Passover Wine, Loss, and My Avoidance of Sadness
Yesterday evening I was irritated, with my wife, with our kids; snappy, uncomfortable. I couldn’t trace it. Nothing especially stressful […]
Death of the Heart
“Where there is no memory, there has been death of the heart” -R. Nachman I often sit with someone and […]
Broken Glass to Heal a Broken Heart
At the very end of the marriage ceremony, the last thing a Jewish bride and groom do before becoming husband […]
Unconditional Love? No Such Thing
There is no such thing as “Unconditional Love” Love is by definition unconditional and can be nothing else. If it’s […]
Living a Borrowed Life
One of the Hebrew word for grave is “Sheol”. The 3 letter root of this word שאל is the same […]
Playing Dominoes with Shevy
One of the Shabbat (Saturday) morning activities that Shevy (5) and I enjoy together is setting up long trains of […]
Pain as Intimate Guide
What if the most important work we have to do in life is to experience the meaning of loss and […]
You Are Living a Dream
Dreams, the Torah portions we have been reading are filled with images of the unconscious and their interpretations: Joseph, Pharaoh, […]
Shevy’s Candy Grab
At a Chanukah/Birthday party my daughter Shevy received a candy bag. She clutched on to that bag firm and tight, […]
