“Alcoholism and problematic drinking is not a shalom bayis issue. It cannot be resolved in an evenhanded discussion with a rav or a couple’s therapist”
I wanted to thank Sarah Rivkah Kohn for her spot-on piece in which she exhorts readers not to forward unverified messages that cause alarm. This has been bothering me since Covid times, when common sense seemed to have disappeared, and people forwarded the strangest messages without any thought.
The messages going around today are even worse. If people would think for one second before hitting forward, we’d all be better off. Maybe it’s the onslaught of media on social media that has dumbed us down. Do you really think a mekubal is telling you to forward messages on WhatsApp groups? Or that soldiers would message sensitive info?
A few months ago, I decided to stop watching any clips on WhatsApp and my life has only been richer because of it. It’s worth a try.
May we all get real good news very soon.
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