America's Top Rebbetzins

When we proclaim what we want, we have the ability to create miracles! Israel is at war with Hamas. Each and every Jew is fighting this battle. Some Jews are on the ground, fighting with guns and tanks; that is the physical war. However, even if you are not fighting the physical war, you can still be engaged in the spiritual war. We are all Spiritual Warriors, each of us helping to win this war in...

Miriam Racquel (Meryl) Feldman is a wife, mom, Somatic Healer, Marriage Coach, Trauma & Anxiety Specialist and award-winning Author of the memoir, God Said What?! #MyOrthodoxLife. She helps empower women to trust the wisdom of their bodies, emotions, and souls as well as blogging about the mystical happenings of an ever-changing world. She once got her kicks from rehabilitating seals in Califo...

Rebbetzin Mina Eisenbach, along with her husband, Rabbi Joseph Eisenbach, are the co-directors of Chabad Lubavitch of Northeast, Connecticut. This is one of the smallest Chabad houses in the world. Chabad is actually an acronym for Chochma, Bina, Da'at; Chochma means Wisdom, Bina means Understanding, and Da'at means Knowledge. Rebbetzin Mina beautifully illustrates the importance that each...

Orly Wahba is an international motivational speaker, educator, entrepreneur, author, and community activist. She is passionate about inspiring people to make the world a kinder place. In this engaging interview, Orly shares with us a powerful message: When We Value Ourselves, We Value the Choices that We Make. Our choices have an impact on other people. When we choose to be kind to others, we lite...

Rebbetzin Fruma Schapiro, along with her husband, Rabbi Nochum Schapiro, run the Chabad North Shore in St. Ives, Australia, which is a suburb of Sydney. Rebbetzin Fruma shares deep insights about the Jewish holiday of Shavuos (Shavuot.) This is such a powerful holiday when G-d Himself gave the Jews the Torah while they were standing at the foot of Mt. Sinai. She explains to us the reason why we st...

Rebbetzin Sara Oppenheim, along with her husband, Rabbi Chanoch Oppenheim, run the Charlotte Torah Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Rebbetzin Sara deeply explores both the story of Passover, and its meaning and relevance in our lives today. She shares with us KEY elements that will help us in living our best life. She challenges us to recognize the we are not in control over most things in our...

Kol Isha Warning--there is a moment in this video, toward the beginning, where Rebbetzin Braha Bender says a word in a sing-song type of voice. If you would like to avoid hearing the "singing," please start watching the video toward the middle.   Rebbetzin Braha Bender is an excellent story teller. She shares with us the story of Purim, in richness and in depth. She talks about how G-d c...

Rebbetzin Shayndel Plotkin is the Executive Director of Liumi West Retreat in South Florida. She is a also teacher, writer and facilitator of educational seminars, as well as a community farmer.     In this meaningful interview, Shayndel talks about the Jewish holiday of Tu B'Shevat. Celebrated on the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat. Tu B'Shevat is the birthday of the trees. We can lear...

Miriam Campbell is a speech language pathologist and social worker. She is also the founder of Skills for Connection, through which she provides coaching courses for parents and professionals to support children in social-emotional skill development. Miriam is the author of Bubble Double, a book that focuses on building connection from a perspective of positive and playful empowerment.   In this v...

Rebbetzin Manya Lazaroff is the co-director of the Rohr Chabad Jewish Center at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.    In this down-to-earth and very relatable interview, Rebbetzin Manya talks to us about parent-child relationships and how to interact with our children while understanding who they are, and respecting them as individuals. She emphasizes that each child came into the...

Gitty Stolik is an educator who helps challenged children. She is also the author of two books, "It's Okay to Laugh, Seriously" and "New Joy, Response to a Changing World."   Gitty differentiates between joy and happiness. She emphasizes that joy is a G-dly attribute; it's the natural state of the soul. Joy is internally generated and has no ego. Happiness, goes up and...

Rebbetzin Adina Landa is a certified life coach who specializes in helping moms go from stressed and overwhelmed to calm and confident.   In this fun and informative interview, Rebbetzin Adina talks about what to do before, DURING, and after an incident when a child really triggers you to the point of rage.  She shares with us practical strategies about how we can work on ourselves by creating new...

Mindy Ribner is an international pioneer in the field of Jewish meditation. She has led spiritual workshops for over 40 years. Mindy is the author of six books, as well as a spiritual psychotherapist for individuals and couples.   Each Hebrew month has its own Divine energy. In this interview, Mindy talks about the spiritual energies of the Hebrew month of Tevet. The month of Tevet offers unique s...

Rivka Malka Perlman is a Transformation Life Coach. Her path was born through her own personal transformation that came as a result of a time in her life when she literally needed to decompose and become someone new. The pain that she experienced in her own life eventually led to her receiving the gifts that she always wanted, but fell short of. Those were the gifts of emunah, self love, boundarie...

Lori Palatnik is a world-renowned Jewish educator, speaker, writer and media personality. She is also the Founding Director of Momentum (formerly known as the JWRP.)    In this powerful interview, Lori talks about Moshiach, also known as the Messiah, the long-awaited Jewish leader who will usher in an era of world peace and    G-dly awareness. Moshiach is a human being that will be born into the w...

Rebbetzin Devorah Leah Marrus is the co-director of programming at Chabad of South Carolina. She is also a marriage, couples and family psychotherapist.  In this engaging interview, Rebbetzin Devorah Leah emphasizes how important it is for a new mother to have support as she transitions into this new chapter of her life, whether it's her first child or her 6th child. She also tells us how impo...

Rebbetzin Chana Bilek is a Korean-American Orthodox Jewish woman who was born into poverty in South Korea, and was adopted as a young child. She is now a life coach, consultant, public speaker, and the wife of an Orthodox rabbi in Baltimore, Maryland!   Chana shares with us some very practical strategies for effectively managing relationships with our friends, co-workers, in-laws, and extended fam...

Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz is a writer, advocate, non-profit veteran, and co-founder of JWOW!, Jewish Women of Wisdom, a community for Orthodox midlife women. Her message is clear and powerful: if you see another Jew in need, help them. Jews are soldiers in Hashem's (G-d's) army; we are responsible for taking care of each other.   Rebbetzin Faigie talks about various ways that women can get...

Rebbetzin Channy Lapine is the co-director of the Chabad Jewish Center of Missouri University and Mid-Missouri. She talks about the basics of keeping a kosher home, as well as the foods that we can and cannot eat. She also explains the fundamentals of Cholov Yisrael kosher dairy, as well as Glatt kosher meat. Rebbetzin Channy answers a listener's question about why it's not permissible to...

Rebbetzin Nechamy Simon is the co-director of the Teaneck Chabad House. She gives an amazing, in-depth interview about the kabbalistic aspects of the holiday of Hanukkah (Chanukah), including the dreidel, the lighting of the Hanukkah menorah, and the darkness associated with this time of year.    Concepts to remember:  *Everything comes from Hashem--our periods of personal darkness and light are j...

Devorah Leah Andrusier is an addictions coach who helps people overcome their battle with all different types of addictions.  Devorah Leah tells us that for the addict, their addiction of choice (alcohol, drugs, sex, food, etc.) is the solution, not the problem. They are trying to numb themselves and escape their pain. Most addicts feel unseen; they have no one to lean on for support; they are wre...

Devorah Leah Andrusier is an addictions coach who helps people overcome their battle with all different types of addictions.  Devorah Leah tells us that for the addict, their addiction of choice (alcohol, drugs, sex, food, etc.) is the solution, not the problem. They are trying to numb themselves and escape their pain. Most addicts feel unseen; they have no one to lean on for support; they are wre...

Rebbetzin Fraidy Gerlitzly and her husband, Rabbi Levi Gerlitzky, run the Chabad Jewish Center Big Island in Kailua Kona, Hawaii. Rebbetzin Fraidy has trained with Sara Gita Soble to become a Relationshift coach in order to help women transform their relationships with their husbands, using the 13 Relationshift Principles that are based on genuine Torah sources.   Rebbetzin Fraidy shared thre...

Rivkie Kahn is the Director of Outreach for Brooklyn NCSY. She is also a hashgafa instructor for Project Makom; a bridal, marriage, and mikvah educator for My Gift of Mikvah; and she also trains and mentors kallah teachers from across North America, Britain, Israel and Australia.   In this authentic interview, Rivkie shares with us her meaningful journey, from not knowing what Passover was until s...

Rebbetzin Debbie Greenblatt is a popular lecturer, columnist and coach on a wide range of topics, including Jewish thought, marriage and relationships. She is also the founder of the Women's Division of the Gateways kiruv organization, as well as the educational director of a mentorship program through Core.   In this deep and powerful interview, Rebbetzin Debbie talks about developing the cha...