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Miri Korbman
Jul 28, 20226 min read
Parshas Matos-Maasei: Input and Output
As human beings, one of the things that differentiates us most from other living creatures is our ability to communicate with speech....
Miri Korbman
Jul 20, 20227 min read
Parshas Pinchas & The Three Weeks: Inherent or Inherited?
In recent years, more attention than ever has been directed toward understanding intergenerational trauma, or the degree to which the...
Miri Korbman
Jul 14, 20226 min read
Parshas Balak: Dwelling in Difference
One of the many reasons that people come to therapy is to get an outsider’s perspective on a critically important or emotionally charged...
Miri Korbman
Jul 6, 20226 min read
Parshas Chukas: Vulnerability Factors
Parshas Chukas features one of the saddest dramas of Moshe Rabbeinu’s life. Bnei Yisrael come to Kadesh and camp there, and Miriam dies....
Miri Korbman
Jun 29, 20225 min read
Parshas Korach: The Root of Rebellion
The annals of history highlight the significant role of rebellion and revolution in changing and influencing the fates of empires....
Miri Korbman
Jun 23, 20227 min read
Parshas Shelach: Show, Don’t Tell
Have you ever reread a book or re-watched a movie and known all along how it ends? When you do, have you ever watched the main character...
Miri Korbman
Jun 14, 20225 min read
Parshas Behaaloscha: Overcoming Negativity Bias
Perhaps the holiest generation of Jews, the Dor HaMidbar, infamously tested Hashem ten times over the course of their forty-year sojourn...
Miri Korbman
Jun 9, 20227 min read
Parshas Naso: The Nazir and the Harm Reduction Approach
People come to therapy for various reasons and through different avenues, but a common thread is that they wish to improve their overall...
Miri Korbman
Jun 2, 20229 min read
Shavuos and Parshas Bamidbar: A Reader
The holiday of Shavuos, known as Zman Matan Toraseinu, commemorates Maamad Har Sinai, when all of Klal Yisrael heard Hashem’s voice, saw...
Miri Korbman
Jul 15, 20216 min read
Matos-Maasei: Revenge Reimagined
Vengeance is timeless and intrinsically human, threading its way through classical literature, theater, science, and history. The desire...
Miri Korbman
Jul 8, 20216 min read
Matos-Maasei: Mapping It Out
One of the numerous possible benefits and goals of therapy is the opportunity for people to reflect on their lives from multiple angles...
Miri Korbman
May 26, 20216 min read
Behaaloscha: Never Let Up
One of the greatest joys and focal points of my adolescence was my involvement in Yeshiva League sports. Though I was primarily a...
Miri Korbman
Jul 14, 20206 min read
Matos-Maasei: Revenge Reimagined
Vengeance is timeless and intrinsically human, threading its way through classical literature, theater, science, and history. The desire...
Miri Korbman
Jul 9, 20205 min read
Pinchas: The Apple and the Tree
Various fields of study have long deliberated about the relevance of genetics and heredity in predicting myriad aspects of peoples’...
Miri Korbman
Jul 2, 20205 min read
Chukas-Balak: Searching for a Synthesis
One of the tenets of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is that it is important to find the synthesis between seemingly disparate ideas....
Miri Korbman
Jun 17, 20207 min read
Shelach: The Courage to Stand
In 1967, a high school social studies teacher in Palo Alto, California, set out to teach his students an unforgettable lesson about the...
Miri Korbman
Jun 10, 20205 min read
Behaaloscha: The Ever-Wandering Jew
Every year of graduate school, my fellow cohort members and I were faced with the daunting task of applying to our next fieldwork...
Miri Korbman
Jun 3, 20206 min read
Naso: Peace, Love, and Priestly Blessings
The world is on fire. This week, as we entered back into our strange reality following the beautiful hiatus of Shavuos, we found the...
Miri Korbman
Jul 30, 20194 min read
Parshas Maasei and the Shlosha D'Puranusa: Nature, Nurture, and Spiritual DNA
At the end of last week’s Parsha, the Midyanim sent women from their kingdom to seduce the Jewish men and cause them to sin in order that...
Miri Korbman
Jul 23, 20194 min read
Pinchas: In Pursuit of Peace
At the end of last week’s Parsha, the Midyanim sent women from their kingdom to seduce the Jewish men and cause them to sin in order that...
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