03514cam a2200193 4500 1842507337 TxAuBib 20241231120000.0 241231|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9798990087507 12/31/24 $22.99 TxAuBib Twerski, LCSW, Lisa. Me & You - What I Wish I Knew * NEW *. 12/31/24: Brooklyn NY : Twerski Press. A Marriage Manual for the Frum Community A careful analysis of the account of creation is that Hashem created a unit, consisting of man and woman, b'tzelem Elokim, in the likeness of G-d. Whatever the "sin of the tree of knowledge" was, it was the Satan at work, and it left us in a lesser state. How do we know this? The Torah says that when they committed the sin, "the eyes of both of them were opened" (Bereishis 3:7). The Torah is very sparing with words. It could have said, "their eyes were opened," but the Torah emphasizes "the eyes of both of them," to point out that after the sin, Adam and Chava were now two totally separate beings with two separate egos. The initial tzelem Elokim was destroyed. All that we can now do is to seek to approximate that ideal state, and that is the goal of this book. In this insightful, comprehensive and instructive manual. Me and You. What I Wish I Knew, provides much-needed preventative, which may help contain the epidemic of failed marriages, if couples will only take the time and make the effort, to learn what restoring the original ideal of a husband-wife unit will take. ~Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, MD z"l (foreword excerpt) 12 The goal of Me and You. What I Wish I Knew, is to provide couples with a comprehensive marriage education course, in a book. In this book, designed specifically for the Orthodox Jewish community. couples learn the six core components of a healthy marriage: building affection, creating closeness, understanding & managing distress, enhancing communication, navigating conflict, and deepening the marital bond. These components are taught through (1) presentation of information, (2) demonstration of skills through the use of case examples, and (3) exercises given to help couples practice and integrate these skills into their marriage. It's through this comprehensive educational process, learned together, that a couple can strive to approximate the ideal state referenced by Rabbi Twerski, MD z"l. Lisa Twerski, LCSW. received her Masters in Social Work from New York University's School of Social Work in 1990, and has advanced certification in pre-marital and marriage counseling and education. She is on the Board of Directors of Nefesh International. She maintains a private practice in Brooklyn, working with individuals and couples, lectures locally, nationally and internationally, on dating, marriage, communication and domestic violence, and has provided training to community leaders on a variety topics pertaining to mental health. She is also the author of a book for victims of domestic violence in the frum community entitled. I'm So Confused. Am I Being Abused? Guidance for the Orthodox Jewish Spouse and Those Who Are Trying to Help. 20241231.