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Pele Yoetz
May 17, 20234 min read
How Can I Prepare My Children for Kabbalas HaTorah?
Dear Pele Yoetz, Thank you for the fascinating content and articles that you send each month. With my kids growing up, I’ve been...
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Pele Yoetz
Apr 17, 20234 min read
Managing stressful periods at home
Dear Pele Yoetz, First, I want to thank you for this wonderful question and answer column that always offers me a fresh perspective along...
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Pele Yoetz
Feb 19, 20233 min read
How can we raise righteous children in our generation?
Dear Rav Dovid Levy shlit”a I’m an avreich and father of young children. When I look around at the world, I can’t help but worry. What...
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Pele Yoetz
Jan 19, 20234 min read
How do I overcome the green-eyed monster inside?
Dear Rav Dovid Levy shlit”a I am a husband and father of a beautiful family ka”h, but our financial situation is very difficult. We live...
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Pele Yoetz
Dec 20, 20225 min read
Dealing with criticism
Dear Pele Yoetz, I want to ask a question that is very important to me. A string of circumstances that happened in my recent past led me...
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Pele Yoetz
Oct 23, 20223 min read
Rejoicing even when it’s tough
Dear Rabbi Levy, shlit”a Over the course of Succos, I found myself reflecting a lot about the mitzvah of simchah. It’s said in the name...
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Pele Yoetz
Jun 22, 20223 min read
Why does my life have to be so hard???
Q: I begin with my thanks for the remarkable answers and advice every month, and I want to ask about something that’s been bothering me...
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Pele Yoetz
May 29, 20223 min read
Why should someone as smart as me listen to him?
Q: Dear Rabbi Levy, I wanted to ask what may be a funny question, but it’s been irking me for a while, so I decided to pose it in this...
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Pele Yoetz
Apr 28, 20223 min read
Why not give up the pill?
Dear Rav Levy shlit”a, My oldest son suffers from ADD but often doesn’t take his medication. When I asked him why, he explained that he...
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Pele Yoetz
Mar 30, 20223 min read
How does the war in Ukraine impact us?
Dear Rav Levy shlit”a, I want to begin with words of thanks for the Rav’s excellent columns and insightful tips which I always find very...
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Pele Yoetz
Jan 26, 20223 min read
I’m Not Coping with Life…
I’m turning to the Rav in desperation. I feel like my world is collapsing. I was laid off after working for many years in one place, and...
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Pele Yoetz
Dec 29, 20213 min read
It’s your fault!
Dear Rabbi Levy shlit”a, We have a son who went through a hard time and is somewhat ‘off the derech.’ Obviously, as his parents, this is...
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Pele Yoetz
Dec 5, 20213 min read
What should do that my kids complain that all their friends get more nosh?!
Q: I’m a father of a large family, baruch Hashem, and I do my best to provide for all their needs. I honestly do not feel that they are...
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Pele Yoetz
Nov 1, 20213 min read
How to help your kid lose weight
Q: My son is almost bar mitzvah, and he is very overweight. Our family doctor recommended that he diet for health reasons, and I think...
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Pele Yoetz
Oct 5, 20213 min read
When should I change my ways for my kids?
Q: I’ve been davening for years with a Vasikin minyan. The davening, especially during the Yomim Nora’im, is beautiful, slow and...
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Pele Yoetz
Sep 6, 20214 min read
Fostering the Elul Atmosphere
Q: Every year with the coming of Chodesh Elul, I feel guilty and distressed at being unable to foster an atmosphere at home that bespeaks...
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Pele Yoetz
Jul 29, 20213 min read
How can I get my kids to listen of their own free will?
Q: How can I get my children to listen and be more obedient? When I tell them to go to sleep, pick up the toys, clean up the messy...
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Pele Yoetz
Jul 22, 20213 min read
When will my children learn to daven properly?
Q: I am a father of a large brood, baruch Hashem, which are growing up at a dizzying rate. My parents were divorced when I was a young...
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Pele Yoetz
Jun 15, 20213 min read
What to do when your bachur won't open up to you?
Q: I am a father of 7, ka”h, the eldest of whom just entered yeshivah this year. Recently, I’ve noticed that he doesn’t share anything...
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Pele Yoetz
Jun 15, 20213 min read
From Knowledge to Practice: Foundations of Therapy Course Graduates Counsel Meron Survivors
In the aftermath of the inconceivable tragedy in Meron last month, alumni of the popular Foundations of Therapy course by Pele Yoetz have...
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