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April 2012 • Vol. 4 No. 4

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Finding Calm and Passing It On to Our Children

By Rabbi Dr. Jerry Lob Editors note: This article was pulled from the archives.

We live in stressful times. There are the big stresses and the little ones. Stress with an upper case “S” and stress with a lower case “s”. Included in the first category might be: Loss of a loved one, an illness in the family, whether it’s a physical or mental illness, job loss, economic issues, marital discord, divorce, infertility, challenges with children, to name just a few. The second group involves our everyday lives, the nuts and bolts of living a busy life. The details of an active family, balancing all the different parts, such as carpool, homework, meals, family time, making and enforcing rules, quality marriage time, and on and on, can all add up to parents who are feeling overwhelmed, on edge, and irritable. The more stress/worry, the greater the tension in the air. And of course, children react to the tension, often, in ways that increase the stress, making it even more challenging for parents to create the kind of home atmosphere that they know is so important for the healthy development of their family, a sense of calm, security, stability, and happiness.

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How does Mommy act when the car breaks down, or when my room is a mess? What does Daddy do when I’m moving too slowly, or when he hears upsetting news? Our reactions to life’s ups and downs are observed, absorbed, and internalized.

Many years ago a young couple came to see me to discuss the behavior of their six year old son whom they reported as having an out of control anger problem. They illustrated this by describing an incident that took place the previous week in a local kosher restaurant.

Mother and son were eating there together, and when the meal was over and she expressed her desire to leave and go home, he refused. And then he stood up on the table and said “I’m not going anywhere with you, you…,” using a very inappropriate word.

When the parents finished telling me their story and paused to get my reaction, I responded by commenting that six year olds don’t know that word, and they certainly don’t know how to use it in the way that he did, to so clearly articulate exactly, what he wanted to say. And then I was quiet, waiting. Finally, the father said, somewhat embarrassed, that he and his wife often argue and it’s possible that his son may have heard that expression during one of the arguments. That child’s TO ADVERTISE 773.336.8225

problem was his role models. He was a good boy, learning well from his parents.

Parents can teach children to respond to life with calm. It is important to ask oneself: “How do I react to disappointments, how am I when I’m driving and someone cuts me off, or if there’s bad traffic and I’m running late?

What do I do with the everyday annoyances and aggravations, when things don’t go my way? And what if, G-d forbid, I am going through something from the first category, that is so painful, so scary, so anxiety provoking? Do I model self-soothing, to calm my own fears? Do I bring G-d into the equation? Do I remember what our tradition teaches us, that I must do my part but to remember that Hashem runs the world and every detail in it? And that I need to trust Him, and that I can trust him, to throw my burdens, and worries, onto Him, to feel the calm that comes from feeling Hashem’s love, the love He has for me, that He has for each of us. To remember the way I talk to my young child when he’s crying, “Shh, it’ll be OK, you’re OK, it’s going to be alright, I’m here.” And to do the same when I talk to myself, to quiet myself, to look inside, deep inside, and say, “Shh, it’s OK, I can handle this, it’ll be alright, I’m not alone,” and to hear Hashem say, “I’m here, I love you.”

There’s an expression that is used by twelve-step programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous, that is very comforting, “Let go, let G-d.” Letting go of my fears, letting go of my anger, my disappointments, and my pain.

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Written by Rabbi Dovid Cohen

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canthaxanthin added to their feed so that they will EMPIRE COLD CUT PACKAGE Q. Empire brand cold cuts come tightly wrapped develop the proper color. Although these items are in a sealed plastic which is, in turn, inside a container that has a lid. If I remove the cold cuts and sealed plastic from the container without breaking the seal on the plastic, can I use the container for dairy or pareve?

A.The OU informs us that in the Empire factory the outer container never comes in contact with meat, and therefore you may choose to use it for dairy or pareve as long as you make sure to not let any meat come in contact with it in your home.

SALMON WITH COLOR ADDED Q. Do I have to be concerned about salmon that is labeled as having “colored added”? Are the colors possibly non-kosher?

A.From a kashrus perspective this does not pose a concern. Salmon are (relatively) unique in that they store certain carotenoids in their flesh which is what provides that flesh with its distinct pinkish color.

Wild salmon ingest these carotenoids as part of their regular diet, but farmed salmon which grow in a controlled environment where those carotenoids are not naturally available must have astaxanthin or

added to the feed and not to the fish’s flesh, the American law requires that salmon fed these items be labeled as having “color added”. Such feed does not pose a kashrus issue because the materials are inherently kosher and because they are digested by the fish.

TRUCK WASH Q. Just wondering – why does a truck wash need a Hechsher?

A.Tanker trucks that carry liquid products must be dedicated to only carry kosher products, so that no b’liah (absorbed taste) of non-kosher product is absorbed into the kosher product. Separately, the wash facility that cleans the truck between products reuses water from one truck to another such that b’liah may transfer from a non-kosher truck to a kosher one. [Similarly, there are times that the water is heated in a manner which allows for crosscontamination.] A truck wash which is setup in a manner that does not pose a problem, can be certified as “kosher” which essentially means that it is suitable for the washing of dedicated-kosher tanker trucks.

KOSHER ALERTS New Nature Valley Protein Chewy Bars are not OU certified. A free sample of the Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate variety distributed recently mistakenly displayed an OU on the outer bag.

Ben-David Winery, based in Moshav Sdei Eliezer, was found to be using the "OK" symbol on bottles of Merlot 2008 (a dry red wine) without authorization. The label states “OK-P” (Kosher for Passover), but, in actuality, the wine has a regular non-mehadrin supervision and is the product of heter mechira grapes.

Bellacicco Garlic Breads inadvertently omitted the Kof-K symbol from some bags. These products are certified as Kof-K Pareve even when not bearing the Kof-K symbol. The company is in the process of correcting the labels.

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Then, thinking fast, he recites the only other sentence he knows in a foreign language, which he remembers from the seder: "Ma nishtana ha layla ha zeh mi kol ha laylot."

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