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Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D.
Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D.
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Korbon Copy
Author: Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D.
June 27th, 2017
Around this time of year, we read the Torah portion of “Chukas” and are shown two contrasting models of parenting. We encounter the first model, when the Torah relates the narrative of Aharon’s death. Moshe is commanded “קח/take” Aharon and his son, Elazar, to a secluded mountain spot. Moshe is told to remove Aharon’s special garments and dress Elazar with those selfsame garme …
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Whose body?
Author: Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D.
May 5th, 2017
I’m going to ask you an important question. (It’s kind of personal.) Who owns your body? Did you answer that you own your body? Perhaps you answered that Hashem/G-d owns your body. A good many Orthodox pre-teens would, in fact, answer just that – “Hashem owns my body,” and it seems that they are correct. After all, Hashem is the Creator of the world and Hashem is present in the c …
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Born to Run
Author: Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D.
December 16th, 2016
A few days ago, my youngest son celebrated his Bo Ba’yom – that is the very day of his becoming Bar Mitzvah. His mother and I braved sub-zero wind chills, showed up at the Yeshiva he attends and joined him, his classmates and his Rebbeim. There was a modest spread waiting for us. One Rebbi asked me if I was planning to speak. I noted that the printed protocol for these celebrations made no mention of pa …
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