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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Women, Part 1

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Rebbetzin Tzipora Heller answers questions from Jewish women on topics such as relating to Hashem, focusing on family, the challenges of work, and home responsibilities. Questions range from how to relate to difficult relatives to how to include tefillah in one’s busy schedule. Rebbetzin Heller answers all questions with humor, sensitivity and clarity.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Women, Part 4

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In this question and answer session by Rebbetzin Heller, Jewish women throughout the world reach out with their daily challenges. Rebbetzin Heller addresses each question with sensitivity, wisdom, and humor. Some of the question included in this class are how to feel ready for judgement without attending shul on Rosh Hashana, how to cope with children who are struggling with their Judaism, and how one should deal with the attraction of secular novels and music.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Women, Part 5

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This Torah shiur (class) by Rebbetzin Tzipora Heller deals with the challenges and conflicts that exist in today’s society. As in the previous classes in this series, Rebbetzin Heller continues to answer real questions that have been sent to her by Naaleh students across the world. This class answers questions relating to mothering young children, balancing obligations to a husband’s Torah learning, dealing with the struggle of superficiality and materialism, Kavana during prayer, and developing empathy to fellow Jews.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 6

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This Torah shiur (class) by Rebbetzin Tzipora Heller deals with the challenges and conflicts that Jewish women face in today’s society. As in the previous classes in this series, Rebbetzin Heller continues to answer real questions that have been sent to her by Naaleh students across the world. This class answers questions relating to in-law relations, obligations to friendships, coping with an eating disorder, getting along with roommates, and developing a positive self image.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 8

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In this Torah shiur (class), on challenges of contemporary Jewish women, Rebbetzin Tzipora Heller answers real question that have been sent to her by Naaleh students across the world. This class answers questions on how to deal with being single when one’s friends are all married, understanding people who complain a lot, how to give support to a troubled child outside one’s family, how to react to a daugher’s unconventional wedding plans, and more.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 10

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In this Torah shiur (class) on Achieving Balance, Rebbetzin Tzipora Heller answers real questions from Naaleh students across the globe. This class answers questions about how to raise happy children, how to fight the urge to speak lashon hara, coping with mental illness, developing bitachon despite not having a model of loving parents, finding the strength to forgive someone who has not apologized for wrongdoing, and more.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 11

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In this Torah shiur (class) on Achieving Balance, Rebbetzin Tzipora Heller answers real questions from Naaleh students across the globe. This class answers questions about how to raise happy children, how to fight the urge to speak lashon hara, coping with mental illness, developing bitachon despite not having a model of loving parents, finding the strength to forgive someone who has not apologized for wrongdoing, and more.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 13

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In this question and answer session, Rebbetzin Tzipora Heller addresses real issues and struggles sent in by Naaleh students all over the world. Issues such as how to relate to the war in Southern Israel, dealing with the loneliness of singlehood, strategies to deal with the ‘off the derech’ phenomenon, how to create the right atmosphere on Shabbat and many others, are related to with sensitivity, wisdom, and humor.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 14

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In this question and answer session, Rebbetzin Tzipora Heller addresses real questions and struggles sent in to her by Naaleh students all over the world. Issues such as responding to criticism, coping with tense family situations, how to stop oneself from speaking lashon hara, and many others, are related to with sensitivity, wisdom, and humor.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 16

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In this Torah shiur (class) addressing with the challenges of contemporary Jewish women, Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller answers real questions that have been sent in from Naaleh students all over the world This class discusses prayer, the challenges of blended families, women’s role in Judaism, dealing with chronic illness, and other relevant topics of the day.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 17

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This Torah shiur (class) features Rebbetzin Tzipora Heller responding to questions sent to her from female students of Naaleh. Rebbetzin Heller answers each question with humor, and perception, and insight. Some of the topics discussed in this class are helping friends cope with infertility, balancing lashon hara with the desire to develop a close relationship with one’s children, dealing with personal tragedy, and correct attitudes in the Israeli elections.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 18

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In this Torah shiur (class) on contemporary Jewish life, Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller answers real questions sent to her by Jewish women across the globe. Some of the issues Rebbetzin Heller addresses are the concept of bashert as it relates to second marriages, dealing with unhappy children, coping with a miscarriage, developing a personal identity outside of one’s occupation, and suggested ways to deepen one’s chidren’s understanding of Purim.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 19

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In this Torah shiur (class), Rebbetzin Tzipora Heller answers real questions that have been sent in by Naaleh’s female students around the world. Some of the issues discussed include developing love for Hashem, balancing home responsibilities with Torah study, struggles with secular media, and how to practice self control.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 20

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In this Torah shiur (class), Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller addresses real questions sent in to her from Naaleh students across the globe. Some topics discussed in this class include whether we should be using kiruv techniques when educating our children, how to increase Jewish unity, and helping one balance individuality with respect for others differences.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 21

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In this Torah shiur (class), Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller addresses real questions sent in to her from Naaleh students across the globe. Some topics discussed in this class include whether we should be using kiruv techniques when educating our children, how to increase Jewish unity, and helping one balance individuality with respect for others differences.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 22

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In this Torah shiur (class), Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller answers real questions sent in by Naaleh’s female students across the globe. This class includes questions about men drinking on Purim, how to present Pesach to children, the truth of the mesorah, explaining why Jews eat meat even when animals seem to be poorly treated, how to talk to pre-teens about boys, and other contemporary challenges.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 23

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Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller answers real questions sent in by Naaleh’s female students from around the world. Some of the topics discussed include how to prepare children for Shavuot, remaining grateful to Hashem in situations that are not ideal, how to become a vatran, the nature of a kiddush Hashem, music composed by non-Jews, and the Torah attitude towards physical beauty.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 24

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Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller discusses contemporary challenges facing Jewish women today, as she responds to questions sent in to her from Naaleh studnets around the world. This class discusses complex family relationships, the Torah’s perspective on worldwide tragedies, tzniut, husbands and wives on different spiritual levels, and understanding why we were created, among other topics.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 27

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In this question and answer session by Rebbetzin Tzipora Heller, Naaleh’s female students from all over the world send in their questions and quandaries. Rebbetzin Heller answers questions on women in Tanach, how to deal with difficult parents, whether one should move to Israel without financial means to do so, how to explain tzniut to one’s daughters, among other issues.

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Questions and Answers for Today’s Jewish Woman, Part 28

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In this question and answer session on issues concerning contemporary Jewish women, Rebbetzin Tzipora Heller answers real questions sent in by Naaleh’s female members on various topics. Some of the questions in the class address issues like community service, deciding whether or not to move to Israel, and how to give mussar with sensitivity.