Table of Contents
Tip : Comedy
Simchas Hachaim – Lighten Up!
Rav Rafoel Levin on the Obligatory Smile
The Secret of Happiness
Eliyahu Hanavi on Humor
Like His Mother Used to Do
To Build a Bridge
Rav Aaron Kotler Sets an Example
The Rosh Yeshiva of Telz Takes Out the Garbage
Tip : Communication, Conversation
Learn to Talk – and Listen!
Rav Shimshon Raphael Hirsch on the Marital Shechina
The Test of the Three Truths
Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky Talks to His Rebbetzin
Rav Shmuel Aron Yudelevitz on Conflict
The Talmud Debates Peace in the Home
Rav Avrohom Pam on Communication
The Ponovezher Rav on Keeping a House Tidy
vi SHALOM BAYiS WITH A TWIST OF HUMOR
Tip : Common Sense
Common Sense Is Not So Common!
Rav Avrohom Pam on Shalom Bayis
Goats and Chickens and Harmony in the Home
Seichel in the Pits!
The Steipler and the Avreich
Rav Eliezer Shach on Seichel
Tip : Compromise, Causation
My Way or the Highway
The Vizhnitz Rebbe, Shalom Bayis and Jewelry
Rav Avrohom Pam on Compromise
The Peacekeepers
A Yerushalmi Compromises for Shalom Bayis
Rabbi Eliezer Papo on Shalom Bayis
The Blessing of Peace
You Have Nothing!
God and Peace
Reb Rafael of Barshad Works toward Peace
Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach on the Household’s Shechina
Tip : Caring, Compassion, Courtesy
Middos ’n Manners
One Step Closer
The Sofer and His Wife
Rav Eliezer Shach Helps Out
Rav Shimshon Raphael Hirsch on Choosing a Wife
Don’t Forget to Cover the Challos!
The Satmar Rav on the Splitting of the Red Sea
Rav Moshe Shmuel Shapira on How to Respect One’s Wife
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Tip : Commonality, Compatibility,
Commitment
Attitude, Honor, Respect
The Netziv on Torah Study and Shalom Bayis
The Chazon Ish on Hanging the Laundry
Rav Avrohom Pam on Taking Peace for Granted
Rav Moshe Cordovero on Marital Kavod
Unity and Faith and Patience!
The Midrash on O’s and H’s
The Chofetz Chaim on Patience
A Lesson from Reb Yaakov Kamenetsky
How to Get a Get, Amicably
Fire and the Shechina
Tip : Camaraderie, Companionship
Friendship
The Lubavitcher Rebbe on Spending Time with Your Wife
The Shidduch from Heaven
The Pragmatic Rabbi Zelig Braverman
Rav Shlomo Zalman and His Wife Chaya Rivka
Rabbi Acha on Eishes Chayil
Rav Chiya on His Marriage
Rav Avrohom Pam on Words
Additional Free Tip(s)!
Be Attentive
Postscript
Lights and Shalom Bayis
Rav Nochumke of Horodna’s Chanuka Lighting
