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Sometimes it’s best if we don’t CHANA
talk. Children do as we do; they Offers a Jewish community response
to persons who experience abuse and
do not do what we say. That other forms of interpersonal trauma.
means that lectures usually fall on • Community Awareness Programs
• Legal Advocacy
deaf ears. Kids learn best • Educational Workshops for all ages
• Trauma Therapy
by example. If we want our kids to • Supportive Counseling
• Consultations for Institutions & Professionals
have a healthy attitude
For more information about our programs, visit
about drinking, then they chanabaltimore.org or call 410-234-0030.
need us to model a
“healthy attitude towards drinking.
by Adina Soclof
abuse and marijuana smoking among Jewish adolescents.
Due to the gravity of the problem, he entreats parents to
avoid encouraging intoxication. “Many people drink to excess
because of the mistaken notion that there is a mitzva to get
drunk on Purim,” says Rabbi Twerski. “Rabbi Shneur Zalman
in his Shulchan Aruch (529) says, ‘It is impossible to serve
God either in levity or drunkenness.’ One of the final author-
ities on halacha, the Chofetz Chaim in Mishna Berura (695)
states clearly that the proper thing to do is not to drink to
intoxication but rather to drink just a bit more than is cus-
”tomary (which would be a glass or two of wine), and go to
sleep. This is the proper way to fulfill not distinguishing
between ‘cursed be Haman’ and ‘blessed be Mordechai.’
There is certainly no justification for drinking anything but
wine. Aruch Hashulchan (695) condemns drinking spirits
(liquor) in very sharp terms.”
How to Talk so Teens Will Listen
Now that we are aware of the issues, what is a parent to do?
Here are five simple ways to talk to your teens about drink-
ing and other unsafe behaviors on Purim and throughout the
year:
1) Don’t just talk; role model: Sometimes it’s best if we
don’t talk. Children do as we do; they do not do what we say.
That means that lectures usually fall on deaf ears. Kids learn
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talk. Children do as we do; they Offers a Jewish community response
to persons who experience abuse and
do not do what we say. That other forms of interpersonal trauma.
means that lectures usually fall on • Community Awareness Programs
• Legal Advocacy
deaf ears. Kids learn best • Educational Workshops for all ages
• Trauma Therapy
by example. If we want our kids to • Supportive Counseling
• Consultations for Institutions & Professionals
have a healthy attitude
For more information about our programs, visit
about drinking, then they chanabaltimore.org or call 410-234-0030.
need us to model a
“healthy attitude towards drinking.
by Adina Soclof
abuse and marijuana smoking among Jewish adolescents.
Due to the gravity of the problem, he entreats parents to
avoid encouraging intoxication. “Many people drink to excess
because of the mistaken notion that there is a mitzva to get
drunk on Purim,” says Rabbi Twerski. “Rabbi Shneur Zalman
in his Shulchan Aruch (529) says, ‘It is impossible to serve
God either in levity or drunkenness.’ One of the final author-
ities on halacha, the Chofetz Chaim in Mishna Berura (695)
states clearly that the proper thing to do is not to drink to
intoxication but rather to drink just a bit more than is cus-
”tomary (which would be a glass or two of wine), and go to
sleep. This is the proper way to fulfill not distinguishing
between ‘cursed be Haman’ and ‘blessed be Mordechai.’
There is certainly no justification for drinking anything but
wine. Aruch Hashulchan (695) condemns drinking spirits
(liquor) in very sharp terms.”
How to Talk so Teens Will Listen
Now that we are aware of the issues, what is a parent to do?
Here are five simple ways to talk to your teens about drink-
ing and other unsafe behaviors on Purim and throughout the
year:
1) Don’t just talk; role model: Sometimes it’s best if we
don’t talk. Children do as we do; they do not do what we say.
That means that lectures usually fall on deaf ears. Kids learn
u 410 358 8509 u 93
