Malkie Schick, LCSW
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The Destruction of Our Home Churban Bayis
Author: Malkie Schick, LCSW
August 11th, 2016
Churban Bayis I was looking through Kinnot in preparation for Tisha B'Av and thinking about the Kinnot that were added at various times in history. There are Kinnot that were written about the churban in Yerushalayim, Babylonia, Spain and Germany. In all these Kinnot, through each generation of horrors, the vision of the churban comes alive again and again. We have lost our home. We have lost precious leaders. We have lost innoc …
Two Ends of the Same Rope
Author: Malkie Schick, LCSW
March 23rd, 2016
One of the more fascinating twists in the Megillah is the fact that Haman worked hard to erect a gallows on which he planned to hang Mordechai, only to find himself hanged from the very same rope. He intended to use the rope to make himself famous and to assert his position of power over others. He wished to kill. Instead the rope was used to kill him. Two ends of the same …