Using Our Mouths To Build – Not Destroy
A couple of interesting cases have been sent into the website recently, specifically to do with the complex topic of teachers:
“In our neighborhood there is a girls school with a headmistress who is ancient. It is a private school and it would appear that she has a strong hold over it, to the extent that even though she may no longer be the correct person for the position, she refuses to step down and no one has the power or the guts to force her out.
He had a mean streak, which often gave him considerable pleasure. He enjoyed embarrassing and putting others in their place. The gossip that he shared was exquisitely crafted to cause as much turbulence as possible. Nor did he mind that the meanness was mirrored on his face. On the contrary, he thought it reflected the power he gained by creating fear. Besides, creating fear was more important to him than to be attractive to look at. That was until he saw Her in the marketplace. Continue reading “The Beautiful Mask”
Every week JourneyToBetterSpeech.com sends out a weekly Parsha Sheet on the topic of speech and communication. If you would like to receive these by e-mail please enter your e-mail address in the bar at the top of the page and click Subscribe Now! Continue reading “Parsha Sheets – Book Of Shemot 5777”
In the previous parenting article, we explored Rabbi Wolbe’s concepts of Planting and Building in education. One of the areas that us parents often fail in is mistaking a “planting” moment for a “building” moment. Our child displays an undesirable behavior in front of our eyes and our knee jerk reaction is to want to fix it right now – to change the behavior instantaneously and “re-program” the child’s external actions! Continue reading “Parenting Through Fogged Up Windows”
For those of you who are following US politics at the moment you would be hard pressed not to have come across the phrase ‘Fake News‘. It is the buzz-phrase that everyone is using, all sides of the political spectrum accusing each other of dishonesty in the way they represent the facts. Continue reading “The True Definition Of Fake News”
These chapter summaries of Sefer Chafetz Chaim are best used as a study aid in conjunction with the sefer itself. They are obviously not a substitute to the in-depth and all encompassing work of the Chafetz Chaim. Continue reading “Chafetz Chaim Chapter Summaries – Peticha Part 3 – Arurin”
I still remember the day that my chavruta (study partner) told me he wanted to learn the laws of Lashon Hara in depth the coming year. Continue reading “Top 10 Reasons NOT To Learn The Laws Of Lashon Hara”
Our role as parents is to bring up each one of our children to fulfill his or her unique potential, to imbue them with values and get them into healthy and productive habits along the way. How do we do that? Continue reading “Parenting – Planting And Building”
These chapter summaries of Sefer Chafetz Chaim are best used as a study aid in conjunction with the sefer itself. They are obviously not a substitute to the in-depth and all encompassing work of the Chafetz Chaim. Continue reading “Chafetz Chaim Chapter Summaries – Peticha Part 2 – Assin”
Let me start by saying that this is not a political piece. I am not going to be taking sides, putting down one side over the other, doing a compare and contrast exercise of all the evils (real or otherwise) the two main candidates for the position of leader of the ‘free world’ demonstrated. I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican, I am not even a US citizen (and another reason – I write a blog on improving speech)! Continue reading “The Inauguration – Make Ourselves Great Again!”