America's Top Rebbetzins

Miryam Swerdlov is the wise Jewish woman behind the inspirational and meaningful "Coffee with Miryam" videos and What's App messages.  In this very real, engaging and funny interview, Miryam talks to us about how to believe in ourselves and how to pursue the life path and mission that was meant uniquely for us. She warns us not to try to be somebody else--it's important that we b...

Rebbetzin Chana Deutsch, a member of the World Mizrachi Speakers Bureau, is a relationships expert and mentor. She specializes in helping women foster the connection, intimacy and love that they desire in a relationship.   In this funny and engaging interview, Rebbetzin Chana shows women how to step into their authentic selves. Our husbands want to love us for who we are. We are the most beautiful...

Vivian Perez teaches classes in Tanya and the Torah portion of the week (both in English and Spanish) in Bal Harbour, Florida. The Tanya is a holy book, written by the founder of the Chabad Lubavitch movement, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi. The Tanya explains the essence of the Jewish soul, as well as the mechanics of creation, the infinite quality of G-d, and the structure of the human personality...

Rebbetzin Shterna Althaus is lives in Sydney, Australia, where she teaches bridal classes, marital and intimacy classes, parenting groups, and bat mitzvah lessons. She also has a podcast called Soul Cafe, which talks about the weekly Torah Portion. Rebbetzin Shterna is a certified counsellor, psychotherapist and life coach who helps many people around the world.   In this engaging interview, Rebbe...

Rebbetzin Chaya Teldon is the Director of Major Events for Chabad of Long Island. She shares her story of losing her son at the age of 13, after his bar mitzvah. Rebbetzin Chaya speaks about the Jewish way of grieving and mourning. She explains that men handle grief differently from women. Her insights into the way the world runs and the journey of the soul are amazing. In this interview, Rebbetzi...

Rebbetzin Gila Ross is a certified parent educator who blends the latest research together with Jewish wisdom to help parents develop strong relationships and bring out the best in their teens! In this engaging interview, Rebbetzin Gila offers practical answers to tough parenting questions. She addresses what to do when teens show chutzpah or are non-compliant. She talks about communicating with y...

Sarah Karmely is a world-renown educator, counselor, and author. Her expertise is in the field of family purity, relationships, love and marriage. She emphasizes traditional Jewish marriage and family ideals. Sarah answers some really tough questions about marriage, in this interview. She talks about what to do if you are married to a controlling person. She also addresses the issue of mismatched...

Dr. Chavi Goldberg, founder of CyberSem ( https://cybersem.com/ ) passionately discusses the significance that Jewish learning has in a woman's life. Just like doctors, lawyers, electricians, and other workers need to take courses and classes to keep up to date on the skills in their field, Jewish women need to do the same. When we learn Torah, it's not just an intellectual pursuit. We lea...

Rebbetzin Sarah Feldbrand talks about the importance of personal growth through working on your middos (character traits.) She emphasizes that we can't control what happens to us, but we can control our reactions. We can control our anger; we can increase our patience; we can deepen our bitachon (trust in G-d.) The first thing we need to to is to observe ourselves and notice our triggers. Then...

Rabbanit Batya Ivry-Friedman talks about the important role that Jewish women have in sharing their own unique gifts in order to bring a community together. She emphasizes that there is so much beauty in the diversity of the Jewish community because we all have something to contribute that will help others. We were all given our personal strengths from G-d, and as Jewish women, we have the power t...

Chana Weisberg is the editor of TheJewishWoman.org, the author of six books, and a speaker for My Gift of Mikvah. Chana offers an engaging, in-depth perspective of the mitzvah of mikvah. It's not just a physical immersion in a body of water; going to the mikvah is a spiritual action that has the power to significantly enhance your relationship with your husband, help you develop a closer conne...

Chaya Mink-Benchemhoun hosts incredible Torah classes on Zoom every Wednesday evening. (If you miss a class, she sends out a recording.) Her classes are truly inspiring! For more information about Chaya's classes, please email me at atrebbetzins@gmail.com, and I will connect you with Chaya.  In this interview, Chaya shares with us incredible stories of inspiration and acts of kindness that go...

Rebbetzin Chanie Fogelman, the co-director of Central Mass Chabad, in Worcester, Massachusetts, gives an in-depth explanation of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah. She also explains the connection between all the fall Jewish holidays, from Rosh Hashahna to Yom Kippur, all the way through to Simchat Torah. We begin the fall holidays with Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, which is the day...

Rebbetzin Brynie Stiefel of Chabad of Voronezh, Russia, talks about the real meaning behind the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the holiday of atonement for our mistakes. On Yom Kippur, we focus on our soul, not our body. Rebbetzin Brynie also discusses forgiveness of ourselves and others. She delves into the 4-step process of teshuva, returning our soul to its original state of holiness and purity:...

Chany Rosengarten talks about the importance of creating boundaries in our lives in order to have healthy relationships with our husbands and children, and also in business. You need to know where you stop and where the other person begins. You are you; you are not your child, or your husband, or your friend, or your boss; YOU ARE YOU. You need to discover yourself; get to know yourself and who yo...

Rebbetzin Ivy Kalazan talks about how Rosh Hashana (the Jewish new year) is a time for planting the seeds of our intentions for the coming year. Rosh Hashana is not about the past; it's about the future. When we have our mind focused on positivity and our intentions, that energy flows from our head (our thoughts) to the rest of the body, and is manifested in our speech and our actions. Rosh Ha...

Rebbetzin Margie Szerer talks about the two souls that are present inside of each Jew; the animal soul and the G-dly soul. The two souls are always fighting inside of us. The animal soul pulls us down toward our most basic needs, and our G-dly soul yearns to connect to Hashem. When we are connected to our G-dly soul, we are able to be in a state of emunah (faith in Hashem) and bitachon (trust in H...

Rebbetzin Sarah Barash is the co-founder of the Chabad Jewish Center of Jupiter, Florida. She talks about getting in touch with your inner essence; your divine soul. When we say Modah Ani in the morning, we start off the day by getting in touch with our soul and thanking Hashem for returning our soul to us. Hashem has infinite compassion for us as He wakes us up in the morning. It is part of our m...

Rebbetzin Gail Michalowicz is the rebbetzin of the Westmount Shul and Learning Center in the Thornhill Jewish Community of Toronto. She talks to us about the astounding parallels between exercise and Torah. Just like we have a personal trainer at the gym to help us workout our bodies, Hashem is the personal trainer of our soul. Just like the trainer at the gym starts us off using lighter weights a...

Devorah Sisso is an internationally acclaimed Torah educator, motivational speaker and life coach. She is also a single, divorced mom with two kids. Listen to what she has to say about divorce--preventing it, and when you can't prevent it, listen to what she has to say about mourning your loss and then reclaiming yourself. Devorah talks about others being a mirror for ourselves. She also talks...

Rebbetzin Miriam Yerushalmi gives a powerful interview about Cognitive Behavioral Torah Therapy, which is an innovative technique that helps people change their destructive thought patterns that have a negative influence on behavior and emotions. This type of therapy has helped people overcome anxiety and depression. Rebbetzin Miriam talks about the four elements that we are made of: water, fire,...

Raquel Kirszenbaum helps us redefine our definition of happiness. It's NOT comfort=pleasure=happiness; it's happiness=acceptance. It's through acceptance of our challenges that we grow. Raquel emphasizes that we are sometimes upset because G-d doesn't give us what we want. In that instance, we are saying to G-d: "If I were G-d, I would do things differently. He should do what...

This interview has so much wisdom!  Rebbetzin Chaya Rivka is the leading teacher of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov's wisdom for women in North America. She has written several books, including May You Have a Day: Making Every Day Better with the Teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov and also Mashiach: Hope for Turbulent Times. Chaya Rivka tells us that in order to have healthy relationships, we have...

Danit Schusterman was a Chabad Emissary in Maui, Hawaii before moving to New York. She is the author of "A Jewish Homeschool Blog" and the Maui Kosher cookbook. In this authentic interview, Danit shares with us the power of "action-oriented" love. She explains to us that in order to develop a good relationship with your child, it has to be based on connection and trust. As pare...

Rebbetzin Yael Kaisman explains to us how to achieve our true greatness; it's based on internal success, not external success. Hashem gives us "gifts" in life. Those "gifts" include our talents, abilities, skills, and financial circumstances, as well as our situation in life (both good and seemingly bad.) The way we use those "gifts" to develop our internal streng...