The Chibur Library
Articles
Thoughtful writing on relationships, family, and self-understanding — from professionals who understand our world.
Prayer of a Single Mom
A prayer from one single mom — on partnership, loss, and holding a home together with Hashem.
Surviving Summer
The Chibur chat — crowdsourced ideas for keeping kids busy, and sane, all summer
Things I Wish My Kallah Teacher Had Told Me — and Didn’t
An anonymous open letter
The Back Page — It Just Needed a Kli
A note from the co-founder
Welcome to Chibur
A warm welcome to the first issue of Chibur, and an invitation into a magazine about connection.
The Peacemaker’s Stance
What Aharon HaKohen knew about shalom bayis
Acceptance Is Not Surrender
On grief, shidduchim, and the acceptance that can only grow from within
Addiction: Looking Beyond the Behavior
Recovery is not only possible — it can lead to remarkable emotional, relational, and spiritual growth.
Protect or Connect
A therapist on IFS, attachment, and the difference between guarding ourselves and truly connecting.
When You Sit on the Floor and Feel Nothing
A psychotherapist’s personal reflection on numbness, grief, and finding your way into Tisha B’Av
Discovering Compassion
On the core beliefs we form as children, and learning to meet ourselves with dignity
Please Help Me Tell You What’s Wrong
A child’s letter to their parents
Getting Through the Day
On the days you feel yourself slipping — a therapist’s simplest tool
Two Jobs, One Lesson
The power of resources
The Festival of Tears
Why Tisha B’Av is called a moed — and what it asks of the heart
We Don’t Parent Alone
On the humans we parent beside — and the Partner who was there all along
The Strange Disorientation of Healing
On divorce, the unfamiliar quiet of peace, and learning who I am when I am no longer surviving
There Are Many Kinds of Life
On borrowed armor, borrowed prayers, and the courage to stand before Hashem in our own words
A Trail Already Paved
On family we cannot lean on, and the road to Hashem that stays open even when the first road is closed