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Vera Kessler

Vera Kessler is a wife and mother of three children whose goal in life is to inspire Jewish women to live their lives with meaning and a strong connection to Hashem. As a vehicle for this mission, she created the America's Top Rebbetzins podcast, where she interviews inspiring rebbetzins who share their words of wisdom and unique insights on living a life filled with clarity and purpose.

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America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Yael Kaisman--Internal Success vs. External Success

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Yael Kaisman explains to us how to achieve our true greatness; it's based on internal success, not external success.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Miriam Lipskier--Bringing Geula (Redemption) to the World

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Miriam Lipskier is the co-founder and Director of the Chabad Student Center at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Shterna Ginsberg--We are Spiritual Beings Having a Human Experience (Ein Od Milvado)

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Shterna Ginsberg is the co-founder, along with her husband, of Mosdos Chinuch Gan Yisroel, where she has served as an educator since 1998.

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Rebbetzin Chanie Goldman-Life Lessons Learned from Raising a Special Needs Child

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Chanie Goldman is the co-director of the Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Center at the University of Florida in Gainesville

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Rebbetzin Sara Oppenheim Explores the Depth of Passover (Pesach)

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Sara Oppenheim, along with her husband, Rabbi Chanoch Oppenheim, run the Charlotte Torah Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Tamar Taback--Rise into Your Ayshet Chayil (Woman of Valor) and Let Her Shine!

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Tamar Taback is the founder of the Nexus School for Transformational Torah.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Devorah Buxbaum: Change Your Mind, Change Your Life--The Power of Our Thoughts

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Devorah Buxbaum is the co-founder of the LEV Experience. She talks about the power that we, as human beings, have to positively affect ourselves AND those around us JUST with our thoughts.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Chaya Chava Pavlov--Jealousy: It's All the Fun You Think They Had

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Pavlov talks about the reasons why we are jealous, and gives us tools and strategies to work through this often counterproductive, albeit human, emotion.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Braha Bender--Discover the Secrets of Purim

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Braha Bender is an excellent storyteller. She shares with us the story of Purim, in richness and in depth.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Shimona Tzukernik--Mystical Perspective on Eating, Obsession With Food, and Achieving Health

By Vera Kessler

A coach and an international lecturer, Shimona Tzukernik is the creator of The Method, a practical approach to personal transformation, rooted in Torah principles and ancient mystical teachings.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Maryashie Deren Talks about Bitachon--Have "G-dfidence!"

By Vera Kessler

We all have challenges in life. In this engaging interview, Rebbetzin Maryashie Deren, Chabad emissary at the Chabad of Greenwich, Connecticut, teaches us how to develop trust in G-d through 7 steps.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rabbanit Chana Henkin--The Jewish Approach to Infertility and Family Purity

By Vera Kessler

Rabbanit Chana Henkin is the Founder and Dean of Nishmat. She is one of today's most acclaimed Jewish educators and a leader in re-drawing the landscape of Torah leadership and scholarship for women.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Dena Schusterman--Creating Connection with Our Children of All Ages

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Dena Schusterman is the rebbetzin of Chabad Intown in Atlanta, Georgia.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Gevura Davis--Defining True Beauty (It's Not About Hair and Nails)

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Gevura Davis of Aish Philadelphia talks about a Jewish woman's true beauty.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Sara Yoheved Rigler--Reincarnation: When Souls of the Holocaust Return

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Sara Yoheved Rigler is the author of several books, including her latest I've Been Here Before: When Souls of the Holocaust Return.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum--Hebrew Month of Tevet and Conquering Anger

By Vera Kessler

Listen to find out what Tevet has to do with anger and how it is a particularly good time to transform this emotion.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Bracha Goetz--Overcome Emotional Eating Using the Pleasure Ladder

By Vera Kessler

Bracha tells her story of disordered eating while she was a student at Harvard University.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Rachel Isaacs--The Importance of Being Yourself

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Rachel Isaacs, the rebbetzin at the Rebibo Center for Jewish life in Phoenix, Arizona, talks about the importance of being yourself.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Amit Yaghoubi--Mystical Power of Kislev and Chanukah

By Vera Kessler

Every Hebrew month has its own special energy. Rebbetzin Amit Yaghoubi talks about the power of the month of Kislev, the significance of the 8 days of Chanukah, and gives us an easy way to bring miracles into our lives.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Nechamy Simon: The Kabbalah of Hanukkah (Uncovering Secrets of this Miraculous Holiday)

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Nechamy Simon of the Teaneck Chabad House gives an amazing, in-depth interview about the kabbalistic aspects of the holiday of Hanukkah, including the dreidel, the lighting of the Hanukkah menorah, and the darkness associated with this time of year.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Chaya Chitrik--Revealed Goodness--A Life Changing Perspective

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Chaya Chitrik of Chabad of Istanbul, Turkey, shares with us some powerful life changing perspectives on seeing the revealed good in our lives.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Miriam Mammon--The Mitzvah of Self-Care and How it Makes You a Better Person

By Vera Kessler

When you take care of yourself, you are really and truly able to give of yourself to others.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Shifra Sharfstein--Making Prayer Meaningful

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Shifra Sharfstein is co-director of Chabad at Georgia Tech and Georgia State Universities. She talks about the real meaning behind prayer--establishing a close connection with Hashem.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Shula Bryski-Attitude of Gratitude-Hashem is With Us At All Times (Chabad Thousand Oaks)

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Shula Bryski, the rebbetzin of Chabad of Thousand Oaks in California teaches us to be truly present in the moment.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Dr. Tamar Perlman Teaches Us How to Effectively Parent Teenagers

By Vera Kessler

Dr. Tamar Perlman teaches us practical and effective strategies to parent our teenagers. This is where Torah meets psychology.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Nomi Freeman--Powerful Near Death Experience Stories and After Life Communications

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Nomi Freeman gives a powerful interview on near death experiences (NDE). This is a very powerful and meaningful in-depth interview that has the potential to be lifechanging!

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Sarah Feldbrand--We CAN'T Control What Happens to us, but we CAN control our Reaction

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Sarah Feldbrand talks about the importance of personal growth through working on your middos (character traits.)

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Yehudis Golshevsky--Joy is a Spiritual Discipline

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Yehudis Golshevsky, director of SHIVITI www.shiviti.org.il, teaches us how we can all achieve true joy, starting by changing our perspective/mindset.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Chaya Mink-Benchemhoun: Be The Reason Someone Smiles Today-The Power of a Mitzvah

By Vera Kessler

Chaya Mink-Benchemhoun hosts incredible Torah classes on Zoom every Wednesday evening.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Chanie Fogelman: Sukkot/Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah--A Jew's Unbreakable Bond with G-d

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Chanie Fogelman, the co-director of Central Mass Chabad, in Worcester, Massachusetts, gives an in-depth explanation of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Brynie Stiefel-- Yom Kippur: Making the Most of Your Mistakes (Chabad of Voronezh, Russia)

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Brynie Stiefel of Chabad of Voronezh, Russia, talks about the real meaning behind the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the holiday of atonement for our mistakes.

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Rebbetzin Ivy Kalazan-Rosh Hashana: Everything Flows from the Beginning

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Ivy Kalazan talks about how Rosh Hashana (the Jewish new year) is a time for planting the seeds of our intentions for the coming year. Rosh Hashana is not about the past; it's about the future.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Via Kimche: EFT Tapping-Helps Kids/Teens/Adults With Trauma, Weight Loss, Anxiety & More

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Via Kimche discusses EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), also known as tapping.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Rivkah Slonim--Classic Jewish Wisdom on Raising Children (Chabad of Binghamton U.)

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Rivkah Slonim, Chabad emissary at Binghamton University in Binghamton, NY, shares practical Jewish wisdom, coupled with modern psychology, in an effort to guide parents in raising their children.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Rivka Slatkin--What to do When Your Marriage Dream Doesn't Turn Out as Planned

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Rivka Slatkin teaches couples how to stop fighting and how to make their marriage stronger.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Devora Boroosan-Marriage CPR-Reviving Physical/Emotional Intimacy After Trauma

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Devora Boroosan emphasizes that women need to take care of themselves so that they can better connect with their husbands.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller--Navigating Life Through the Chaos--Responding to Life's Challenges

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller teaches us how to navigate life and move forward in our chaotic world. Our control is in how we choose to respond to situations. We are not in control of what happens to us, but we are in control over how we respond. She also talks about developing meaningful connections through spiritual bonding, which is what gives us true pleasure in life.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Rochel Goldbaum--The Key to a Happy Marriage

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Rochel Goldbaum gives us the key to a happy marriage--delight in your differences. Hashem (G-d) made you and your spouse different from each other for a reason.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Orit Esther Riter--Going Beyond Our Limitations Through the Power of Faith (Emuna)

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Orit Esther Riter offers solid strategies to help us transcend the difficulties and challenges in our lives through emuna.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Ruchi Koval Talks About Unanswered Prayers

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Ruchi Koval is the co-founder and associate director of the Jewish Family Experience, an independent Sunday school and Jewish congregation near Cleveland, Ohio. She talks to us about the possible meanings behind unanswered prayers.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Dahlia Topolosky Helps You and Your Teen Manage Anxiety

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Dahlia Topolosky is the rebbetzin at Kehilat Pardes in Rockville, Maryland. She gives us many concrete strategies to reduce anxiety and minimize panic attacks.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Ariela Davis Offers Perspectives on Finding Strength, Meaning and Resilience in Life

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Ariela Davis offers insightful perspectives on how women can find strength, meaning and resilience to face life's challenges through Torah learning.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Bat-Chen Grossman--Get Close to Your Husband Using the C.A.L.M. Method

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Bat-Chen Grossman helps husbands and wives get connected for real. She shares with us the C.A.L.M. method to bring couples together for ultimate closeness and happiness. C--Connect to Yourself; A--Ask for Clarity; L--Listen to the Answer; M--Master a Higher Level of Consciousness.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Devorah Kigel--How to Find a Husband that is Perfect for YOU

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Devorah Kigel helps women figure out how to find the husband that is right for them. She discusses the "non negotiable list," as well as the "must have" list, and goes over how to spot red flags in a relationship.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Slovie Jungreis-Wolff Uses Practical Jewish Principles To Guide us in Parenting

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Slovie Jungreis-Wolff uses Jewish principles to guide us in parenting kids of all ages, from toddlers to teens. She talks about helping kids with anxiety, how to properly discipline your child, and how to truly make them feel grateful for what they have.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Daniella Rudoff--Marriage Architect-Relationship Building Skills to Improve Your Marriage

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Daniella Rudoff, the Marriage Architect, talks about relationship building skills and developing communication skills between men and women.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Lifshy Ajzenszmidt--How to Value Yourself--You are Important! (Self-acceptance/Self-Love)

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Lifshy Ajzenszmidt is the rebbetzin of South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation in Melbourne, Australia.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Mimi David--The Unique Strengths of Jewish Women (Aish St. Louis)

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Mimi David, Director of Women's Education for Aish HaTorah in St. Louis, Missouri, instills in us pride for being a woman.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Shaindy Eisenberg--Embracing A Woman's Dignity and Strong Sense of Self

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Slovie Jungreis-Wolff, granddaughter of Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, talks about having inner dignity and a strong sense of self.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Gitty Epstein--Transforming Your Marriage Through Eyes of Respect

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Gitty Epstein gives us practical and very doable tips on how to "set the emotional temperature in our home," focus on the positive aspects of both your husband and your children, and see your husband through Eyes of Respect (very important!) Your husband is who he is because of you, and he will grow and change and become who he is meant to become because of you.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin K. Sarah Cohen--Emuna, Bitachon and Hashgaha Pratis (Seeing G-d in Our Everyday Lives)

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin K. Sarah Cohen gives a powerful interview on emunah and bitachon. She also talks about hasgaha pratis and seeing the hand of Hashem in every aspect of our lives.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Rivka Malka Perlman--Near Death Experience Leads to True Transformation

By Vera Kessler

An incredible interview with Rebbetzin Rivka Malka Perlman! If you have ever thought about making true transformation in your life, this podcast will get you started in the right direction. After a near-death experience during the birth of her youngest child, Rebbetzin Rivka Malka came to realize her true mission in life.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Goldie Plotkin--Link between Marital Intimacy & Abundance of Blessings (Chabad of Markham)

By Vera Kessler

Marital intimacy brings us an abundance of blessings! Rebbetzin Goldie Plotkin explains all that and more!

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Rachel Tessler Lopatin--Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match

By Vera Kessler

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match! Rebbetzin Rachel Tessler Lopatin is a skilled matchmaker who brings people together.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Ilana Cowland--We Have Power Over Our Thoughts (Stop Worrying and Start Living)

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Ilana Cowland shares ways we can have power over our thoughts, nurturing our positive thoughts and keeping out the negative thoughts. She also speaks about women's emotional health and well-being, and what we can do to stop worrying and live happy lives.

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Elana Mizrahi--Brings Torah to Everyday Life (Parenting, Setting Goals, Acceptance)

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Elana Mizrahi brings the Torah to life and makes it real for us on a practical level. She shows us how to incorporate Torah teachings into our every day lives. She gives us brilliant advice on raising children, setting goals and lets us know exactly who is in charge of all the outcomes in our lives--Hashem!

America's Top Rebbetzins

Rebbetzin Yaffa Palti and the Power of the Jewish Woman to Achieve Inner Peace and Happiness

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Yaffa Palti talks about acceptance, the power of the Jewish woman, and achieving inner peace and happiness.

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