News & Articles
 Over the past few years, Rabbi Baars has written many articles on the subject of marriage and parenting. Below are links to some of his work. Click here for a full bio on Rabbi Stephen Baars.
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The Cure For The Marriage Blues (Part Two) |
SCENE: An expensive downtown florist.
In walks a man and spends a good half-an-hour painstakingly assembling a most remarkable and most expensive bouquet.
As the florist rings up the quite impressive bill, she remarks: “A surprise for your wife?”
To which he answers, “Yes…. she’s expecting diamonds!”
Nothing in life is ever what it really is...
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The Cure For The Marriage Blues (Part One) |
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No one ever said, “I am not getting anything out of this relationship anymore!”
That is, no parent ever said it!
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Rabbi Uses Humor to Help Couples Find Marital Bliss |
Rabbi Stephen Baars of Bethesda teaches “Bliss,” a marriage seminar that mixes Powerpoint presentations with advice drawn from the Torah and Talmud, at Aish HaTorah learning center in Bethesda Aug. 19.
A Rabbi, a marriage counselor and a comedian walk into a room...
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There is a story told about George Bernard Shaw meeting a beautiful actress. The actress said, "Let's get married and have children. Just think, your brains and my looks." Unimpressed, Shaw replied, "But what if the child has my looks and your brains?"
Often parents have the right concepts but apply them wrongly or emphasize the wrong things.
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Nothing in life is ever what it really is, it’s only relative to what you expect it to be! Put in the right context the gym will make your day, but not when you were expecting a relaxing date with your spouse!
Nothing in life is ever what it really is. It’s only relative to what you expect it to be.
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Marriage Matters: Marriage, the magic wonder drug |
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What if there were a magic wonder drug that could confer all of the following benefits:
- Increase life expectancy
- Lower a cancer patient's risk of dying from the disease
- Lower a surgical patient's risk of dying in the hospital
- Strengthen the immune system
- Decrease rates of schizophrenia, alcoholism and suicide
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Would you get frustrated after a long day at work and, when you arrive home, you discover a house in total chaos with your spouse sitting down with the kids reading a book? |
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Weddings Are Not Just A "Couple" Thing |
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After tasting a dozen different samples, you and your fiancée have decided on a moist banana nut wedding cake with decadent cream cheese frosting... |
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Those Aren’t Fighting Words, Dear LET’S say you have what you believe to be a healthy marriage. You’re still friends and lovers after spending more than half of your lives together. The dreams you set out to achieve in your 20s — gazing into each other’s eyes in candlelit city bistros when you were single and skinny — have for the most part come true. |
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I remember visiting the stately home of Henry VIII. He was the richest man in the world in his time, but he had neither air conditioning nor indoor plumbing, no Tylenol nor a heated Shiatsu massaging chair.
We are all richer than the richest people of the world 75 years ago. What we take for granted today, kings and queens of Europe could not have envisioned.
In fact, everyone reading this article is well within the top 10 percent of the richest people walking around the planet today. That means 90 percent of the world’s population think that if they had our money, they would have nothing to complain about.
So why don't we feel that rich?
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 What is the best wedding present?
With a 50% divorce rate, wouldn't it be great if your gift enabled the new couple to stay on the side of being happily married? For life. Everyone walks down the isle thinking "not me." But the reality is, it takes more than wishful thinking since there really is no question that at some point they will hit the rocky road. Just about every couple has to deal with the same issues, socks on the floor, in-laws, family events, etc, etc. Wouldn't you have loved it if someone gave you a heads-up to help you get through these problems? The great thing about the Bliss seminars and articles is they are very convenient, because when you have an issue, or you want to work it out, you need the answers quick. If you want to give the gift that will truly make the new couple happy, this is the best wedding present - ever! |
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