The Torah Portion that we delved into last week was Re’eh, your own inner view of reality. It is our choice to connect to the only reality, that Hashem is in charge. Now with deep fakes, algorithms and even our own eyes taking in every nook and cranny of every nook and cranny, Torah is the only unchanged and never-changing truth.

As a Labor and Birth Doula, I guided my clients to understand what we actually see and what we think we see or imagine, becomes our reality. Our body reacts accordingly, freezes in fight or flight. Did you know that when an animal in labor senses danger, the birth process halts, they walk to a dark, quiet space and continue to bring the baby into the world. This article talks about how we react is completely upto what we choose to see, https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/7447074/jewish/How-to-Stop-Being-Paralyzed-by-Your-Problems.htm.

There are many different levels of how Jewish people observe guarding their eyes. Many stay away from smart phones and only have a kosher phone to make phone calls and send messages. Television, movies and social media are off the table, especially for children. Nowadays it is rare to see a child without their own smart phone, as young as three! What impresses me most is the holy men that can walk by a beautiful woman and avert their eyes, especially if they are married.

This Friday is my 19 year wedding anniversary, and I feel grateful that I also married the Chabad community. My husband is still cooking Shabbat lunch and events in Los Angeles at Chabad Israel Center for almost 40 years! The Lubavitcher Rebbe encouraged women to embrace their inner and outer beauty, telling 1991 Miss Israel winner, Miri Goldfarb, that outer beauty is a gift from God meant to be elevated through acts of goodness, Torah and Mitzvot. At........

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