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Marriage is the ideal state in which Jewish adults should live, but as society has changed, so has marriage. Rabbi Wein highlights notable marriages in the Torah and Talmud, some loving, some problematic. He presents the surprising history of how "the shadchan" became an institution in Jewish life, and brings us into recent times with an examination of how the American media, in raising false expectations, has encouraged intermarriage and divorce.
The forces which pushed women out of their traditional role as homemakers seemed to rise from two opposite directions. On the left were socialist ideologies that insisted that women must join the labor force as a matter of establishing equality, while on the right, the growth of yeshivas required women to work to support their families. Yet in spite of all of this, women in the workplace were more the exception than the rule. Today, the Jewish world has come full circle, and many of our young women have taken on dual roles as both mothers and breadwinners. More challenging than any feminist issue, Rabbi Wein asks the question of our day: how can Jewish women balance their family responsibilities with the pressure to make ends meet?
Why do Jews wish each other a 'sweet' year on Rosh Hashanah? And how does sweetness characterize the Jewish New Year? Rabbi Wein's inimitable mix of wit and depth looks at the mystical concept explained by Reb Zadok on how 'time has personality' and why the personality of Rosh Hashanah is sweetness.
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