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The #1 Marriage Mistake Good People Make

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Rabbi Zamir Cohen discusses common mistakes in Jewish marriage and how to avoid them.

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For most people, especially young men and women before marriage, the feeling is, "If I am kind-hearted and I find a girl who is also kind-hearted, we will get [music] married and surely have a peaceful home. We are both good people." Maimonides says that this is a mistake. It is true that kindness is essential for a relationship, but it is not enough. One needs [music] to learn the emotional needs of a man and the emotional needs of a woman. >> [music] >> When a man learns how a woman is built, even if she is the CEO of a company and outside [music] she is a woman of steel,

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  1. 0:00For most people, especially young men and women before marriage, the feeling is, "If I am…
  2. 0:31at home she still needs the warmth of her husband. She needs a listening ear, a…
  3. 1:01nicely, he treats her like he would a co-worker, and he doesn't realize that a woman…

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