Posts by Yosef Farhi

ATTRACTING OPPOSITES Parashat Tezaveh Kids  fight. Lots of kids, lots of fights. Simple math. It’s confusing for one parent to deal with fighting kids. Who is right and who is wrong? The truth is, it does not make a difference. Judging is a complex task, especially if we are talking about your own children. Which…

A BAD IDEA Parashat Terumah P eople ask me how I manage to come up with an amazing article every week. Here is my secret. I don’t. I come up with an article that is not so great. And then I change it. I tweak it ’til it’s better. And then change it again. Each…

A LESSON FROM HELLEN Parshat Mishpatim H elen Keller once said, “Hearing loss is a worse misfortune than being blind. When you lose your vision, you lose contact with things; but when you lose your hearing, you lose contact with people.” In the words of our Sages, this is true, to a degree. The Talmud…

SHOULDN’T SAY SHOULD Parshat Yitro A re you able to find humor in life? Do you go a whole day without laughing? Being funny is not a goal in the eyes of the Torah, but laughing things off is. Laughing things off is a skill. You can learn it, once you understand some basic things…

CONFIDENCE … THE REAL THING Parashat Beshalach I got  a phone call from an old friend last week.  “Yosef, you have a minute?” I said yes. “Can you tell me how I can build up self confidence in my 6th grade son who is failing in school?” Some things just can’t be done in one…