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The Jews Next Dor Rabbi Yair Menchel
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- Religion & Spirituality
The Jews Next Dor is the Jewish parenting podcast focused on helping parents to raise passionate and committed Jews. In general, parenting can be challenging, and children don’t come with an operating manual. This challenge is magnified when adding our Jewish values of raising children to be passionate and committed about being Jewish, about developing a relationship with Hashem. As such, we will begin at the most basic level of parenting, and build on that, month after month, with weekly episodes, learning from leading experts of our dor, our generation, about raising the Jews of the next Dor
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Connecting Kids to Hashem: Parenting Tips | Rav Chaim Marcus
Welcome back to another episode of The Jews Next Dor! Rav Chaim Marcus. It is an absolute pleasure to be sitting with Rabbi Chaim Marcus who currently serves as the Rabbi of Congregation Israel in Springfield, NJ, The Director of Yeshivat Reishit’s American Office, and Rebbe at Bruriah High School for girls and Camp Kaylie. Previously, Rabbi Marcus was the S’gan Mashgiach at Yeshiva University and a Rebbe at JEC and Camp Mesorah. He is well known for inspiring his audiences (adults, teens, and children alike) to be the very best Jews that they can be.
In this episode, we discuss various parenting topics and strategies for raising children with strong Jewish values and connections to Tefillah, Shabbat, and Hashem through open communication, modeling behaviors, and finding meaningful ways to engage at different ages.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:57 Rav Chaim Marcus’s background and family
06:13 How does Rav Chaim parent his children?
08:06 Helping kids connect to Hashem
10:26 How to talk to children about Hashem
15:02 Reasonable expectations from children
18:39 Rav Chamim’s goal as a shul rabbi
24:05 How to make shul exciting for kids?
27:13 Most common parenting issues
32:38 The advice to parents
35:59 The importance of Tefillah
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Learning From Our Children | Rabbi Yair Menchel
Sometimes the best way to improve as a parent is by learning from our children. How do we do that? Our host, Rabbi Yair Menchel brings a lesson for this week's parenting in the Parsha to teach us this simple but fundamental answer. Good Shabbos!
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Raising Spiritual Children | Rav Yaakov Klein
Welcome back to another episode of raising the Jews Next Dor! We have the incredible opportunity to speak with Rav Yaakov Klein on spirituality.
Yaakov Klein is an author, musician, and lecturer devoted to sharing the inner light of Torah through his books, music, and lectures. Over the last 10 years, R' Yaakov has shared his passion for the Chassidic wisdom and the inner light of Torah in a plethora of educational capacities including as a teacher for the Illinois Center for Jewish Studies and Yeshivat Mevaseret Tzion, as the founding director of the Lost Princess Initiative (LPI), and as a freelance content creator and educator for many organizations.
Along with his wife and their two children, Rav Yaakov has moved to the UK to join Jewish Futures as the founding director of Eilecha, a new organization focused on creating opportunities for spiritual growth and experiential education in the local community and beyond.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:17 Moving to London and founding of Eilecha
04:49 Spirituality as a unifying essence
07:26 Allowing the soul to get revealed
12:46 The parents need to have a flame
15:00 Getting in touch with your inner flame
23:33 Stop pretending before your children
28:11 Spirituality in different stages of life
35:33 Spiritual growth in males and females
38:52 Using daily life to teach kids spirituality
43:18 Understanding God’s messages
45:02 Final message
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Recognizing the Individual In Our Children
How do we fulfill חנוך לנער על פי דרכו in the fullest sense? How do we parent towards each child's individuality? Rabbi Yair Menchel shares an idea of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on Parshat Bamidbar to answer these questions. Enjoy!
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Children’s Questions about Hashem: A Clinical Approach | Dr. Aviva Goldstein
Welcome to another episode of The Jews Next Dor. We have the incredible pleasure of having a great conversation with Dr. Aviva Goldstein, a lecturer, family counselor, and educational consultant committed to utilizing the wisdom embedded within Judaism and positive psychology to nurture the inherent strengths of young children, adolescents, parents, families, and communities.
Parenting is never easy, but guiding children in their faith adds another layer of complexity. In this episode, Dr. Aviva Goldstein shares her best advice on having open conversations with kids about difficult topics like loss, tragedy, and unanswered questions.
Get tips for supporting children through hard times while fostering their spiritual growth. Whether you want to prevent doubts or help kids through a crisis of faith, Dr. Goldstein provides tools to strengthen a family's bond with God through any challenge.
Help your children build resilience, ask tough questions without fear, and develop stronger faith and connection to their Jewish identity and values. This episode offers ideas on nurturing spiritually confident kids who are well-equipped to face life's uncertainties.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:08 Perfectionism and resilience in this generation of children
04:41 Age-appropriate sharing of personal struggles
08:05 Being honest or shielding children in tough times
11:26 Normalizing death in children’s education
16:03 Approaching death in terms of relationship with Hashem
23:04 How to talk about bad things happening in Hashem’s world
26:24 Theory of love languages and Hashem’s unconditional love
33:27 Challenges of teenagers in relationship with Hashem
35:50 The role of parents and educators in children’s spiritual growth
39:47 Parents who don’t know how to answer children’s questions
46:36 Authoritative parenting – love within the context of limits
49:39 Distinction between Judaism and Jews
54:08 The final message
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Connecting Children to Hashem | Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky
Welcome to another episode of The Jews Next Dor! Our guest today is Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky, a licensed clinical social worker, specializing in trauma, sex addiction, couples therapy, and other life-adjustment challenges. He is also a speaker and educator for various Jewish organizations, blending spirituality, philosophy, and psychology.
Rabbi Yakov discusses how a child's earliest bonds shape their ability to relate to the divine.
He offers powerful insights that will help you gain a new understanding of how attachment styles and parenting approaches impact lifelong faith. Walk away with practical tips to strengthen your child's bond with the Infinite through everyday moments.
Tune in to uncover the keys to raising children with a deep, lasting love for Hashem and faith.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:36 The attachment theory and the relationship with Hashem
15:04 Learning to pay attention to intuition, emotions, and senses
24:20 The effects of disengaged and controlling parenting
28:37 The importance of having questions
31:08 God as a powerful, not a punishing being
36:00 How to talk to teenagers
42:41 Talking about God with a child
46:46 The importance of Shabbos experience for kids
53:14 Challenges of sexual development
55:07 God is found in the heartbeat of personal everyday life
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