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Specializing in: me through; he was able to explain that to me.
“Even though there is this concept that, once you con-
• anxiety • trauma
vert, your family is no longer your family, you really need
• life transitions • sleep disorders a sensitive rabbi to understand that there are still connec-
tions there,” continues Tzadik Lev. “Those are the people
• self-esteem • behavioral who brought you up; those are the people who – with
whatever they said, whether it was a good thing or a bad
• adjusting to addictions thing – led you to Yiddishkeit. How could you begrudge
them? So it is very important to have a rabbi who can help
medical issues (i.e. gambling, you navigate those sensitive situations and have those
shopping, internet) conversations on an emotional and relational level, so
• depression your family doesn’t feel like you are casting them aside or
shaming them.”
• substance abuse
Call Me Bubby
©WWW “My relationship with my family is such that we are fine
because I am very assertive and direct,” continues Tzadik
9192 Red Branch Road info@embracecs.com Lev. “If they go down a road they are going down that I
don’t like, I let them know. They accept me. My dad is
Suite 270 www.embracecs.com wonderful and accepting of everything, although he does-
n’t understand everything. My uncle – who was my minis-
Columbia, MD 21045 877-651-1841 ter growing up – and I had a long conversation before I
converted Conservative, and he said, ‘Go ahead and do
CELEBRATING 32 YEARS! what you’re going to do.’ The rest of the family has been
supportive as well.”
B ROTH ERSQUA LI TY PES T CO NT ROL B R OT HE R SQ U AL ITY P EST CONTR OL
“I could not have asked for a better mother,” shares
2014 Tikvah. “She has supported me in this journey, this expe-
rience. She is just amazing, and she goes by “Bubby.” This
B ROT H ER S was her self-chosen name, and she truly is a Bubby and
Q U A LITY PE ST C ONT ROL embraces it and loves it. She is frequently over here for
Shabbos and sometimes Yom Tov. It is just wonderful. My
B RO T HE RSQ UAL I T Y PEST C O NTRO L dad used to live very close, and he is as supportive as can
be with his limited understanding. But as long as G-d is
Previous Awards present, he doesn’t really care too much what it looks like.
2014 – 2007 Some days it’s okay and other days it is difficult, because
the expectations are now being challenged. Just like any
32 family, with any family dynamic, you make it through,
somehow. Relationships are either preserved or changed.
We all love each other and that doesn’t change.”
With Shavuos right around the corner, Tzadik Lev con-
cludes, “It’s important to know why you are doing what
you’re doing. For us, being gerim, and for baalei teshuva
as well – coming as we did into something that we didn’t
have before – it’s important. We all have to be cognizant
of why we are doing what we are doing. I can’t say that I
don’t fall into the trap of doing things by rote, but I’ve
been frum now since 2014. At this time, I can say the
Shemoneh Esrei, backwards and forwards, without look-
ing at the siddur. But why you do the things you do and
how do you do them with kavana? I think it is all-impor-
tant to focus on this idea, in terms of coming to Shavuos
and receiving Torah.”◆
© Margie Pensak-2017
32 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
Specializing in: me through; he was able to explain that to me.
“Even though there is this concept that, once you con-
• anxiety • trauma
vert, your family is no longer your family, you really need
• life transitions • sleep disorders a sensitive rabbi to understand that there are still connec-
tions there,” continues Tzadik Lev. “Those are the people
• self-esteem • behavioral who brought you up; those are the people who – with
whatever they said, whether it was a good thing or a bad
• adjusting to addictions thing – led you to Yiddishkeit. How could you begrudge
them? So it is very important to have a rabbi who can help
medical issues (i.e. gambling, you navigate those sensitive situations and have those
shopping, internet) conversations on an emotional and relational level, so
• depression your family doesn’t feel like you are casting them aside or
shaming them.”
• substance abuse
Call Me Bubby
©WWW “My relationship with my family is such that we are fine
because I am very assertive and direct,” continues Tzadik
9192 Red Branch Road info@embracecs.com Lev. “If they go down a road they are going down that I
don’t like, I let them know. They accept me. My dad is
Suite 270 www.embracecs.com wonderful and accepting of everything, although he does-
n’t understand everything. My uncle – who was my minis-
Columbia, MD 21045 877-651-1841 ter growing up – and I had a long conversation before I
converted Conservative, and he said, ‘Go ahead and do
CELEBRATING 32 YEARS! what you’re going to do.’ The rest of the family has been
supportive as well.”
B ROTH ERSQUA LI TY PES T CO NT ROL B R OT HE R SQ U AL ITY P EST CONTR OL
“I could not have asked for a better mother,” shares
2014 Tikvah. “She has supported me in this journey, this expe-
rience. She is just amazing, and she goes by “Bubby.” This
B ROT H ER S was her self-chosen name, and she truly is a Bubby and
Q U A LITY PE ST C ONT ROL embraces it and loves it. She is frequently over here for
Shabbos and sometimes Yom Tov. It is just wonderful. My
B RO T HE RSQ UAL I T Y PEST C O NTRO L dad used to live very close, and he is as supportive as can
be with his limited understanding. But as long as G-d is
Previous Awards present, he doesn’t really care too much what it looks like.
2014 – 2007 Some days it’s okay and other days it is difficult, because
the expectations are now being challenged. Just like any
32 family, with any family dynamic, you make it through,
somehow. Relationships are either preserved or changed.
We all love each other and that doesn’t change.”
With Shavuos right around the corner, Tzadik Lev con-
cludes, “It’s important to know why you are doing what
you’re doing. For us, being gerim, and for baalei teshuva
as well – coming as we did into something that we didn’t
have before – it’s important. We all have to be cognizant
of why we are doing what we are doing. I can’t say that I
don’t fall into the trap of doing things by rote, but I’ve
been frum now since 2014. At this time, I can say the
Shemoneh Esrei, backwards and forwards, without look-
ing at the siddur. But why you do the things you do and
how do you do them with kavana? I think it is all-impor-
tant to focus on this idea, in terms of coming to Shavuos
and receiving Torah.”◆
© Margie Pensak-2017
32 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
