Advice

Dating Question I am writing to you about my friend’s daughter who is in a long-term relationship but the boy does not want to commit. They are both in their early...

Dear Esther, My husband, Chaim, and I have always loved to travel. We both share a tremendous curiosity about the world and are interested in lands far and near. Thank...

There are certain milestones in life that pack an existential punch. When I turned 18, my father shook his head in disbelief at the idea that he had an...

  Question When I try to help out friends or family by setting them up on dates, I sometimes encounter a stumbling block due to the age of the women, as...

  Dear Esther, My friend Sheila and I go back a long time. We don’t have sisters, so we always viewed each other as such. It’s been a beautiful relationship. I...

Way before Moshe left this world, I’d experience the feeling of his loss on Yom Kippur night. It happened every year, and I’d start walking out of my house once...

  Dear Esther, My daughter Caren has always marched to the beat of her own drummer. Even as a little girl, she had to be different. If all the girls in...

  My son is dating a lovely young lady who has a chronic condition requiring lifelong medication. Even with medication, she has bad days when she is bedridden. My son...

  I used to daven for Mashiach in a perfunctory way; it was built into my Shemoneh Esrei and vernacular by rote, as more of a nod to the “Ani...

  Question I need to know if I am doing something wrong. My parents raised me that when I take a woman out on a date, I should treat her like...