Money can be one of the hardest things for couples to talk about, especially when you’re engaged or newly married.

In this episode of How’s Married Life?, sisters Bracha & Peninah sit down with Rifka Lebowitz to talk honestly and practically about money, marriage, and building healthy financial habits as a couple.

Together, they cover:

•⁠ ⁠What your money personality is

•⁠ ⁠The non-negotiable money conversations couples should have before marriage

•⁠ ⁠The most important financial habits for couples

•⁠ ⁠How to talk to an “Avoider”

•⁠ ⁠The three ingredients to financial wellbeing

•⁠ ⁠How to make a budget that actually works

•⁠ ⁠Whether couples should join bank accounts after getting married

•⁠ ⁠How to use your wedding gift money

•⁠ ⁠How to navigate being supported by parents as a newlywed couple

•⁠ ⁠What happens when one person comes in with a lot more or less money than the other

This conversation is for dating, engaged, and newly married couples who want to feel more prepared, more confident, and less overwhelmed when it comes to money.

Because financial wellbeing is not just about numbers. It is about communication, trust, habits, and building your life together with clarity.

Want to go deeper? Take Rifka’s course for newly married couples:

https://rifkalebowitz.com/financially-smarter-couple-sales-page/

This podcast is created by La’Bayit and L’Chaim in partnership with The Eden Center.

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About La’Bayit 🎁

Join the over 3,000 couples who have made wedding, baby, and Aliyah gift registries in Israel with La’Bayit Gifts. La’Bayit gift registries take the stress out of giving and receiving gifts from abroad. Through our wedding registries, English-speaking couples in Israel can easily and conveniently receive beautiful gifts for their Bayit Ne’eman B’Yisrael. We offer thousands of high-quality products from local artists and international brands, with delivery straight to your door.

Create your registry today: www.labayitgifts.com

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About L’Chaim 🥂

L’Chaim is the wedding planning platform helping English-speaking couples in Israel find, compare, and contact wedding vendors in English, all in one place. Join the waiting list!

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Send us your feedback and questions: [email protected]

Follow us on Instagram: @labayitgifts

Learn more about The Eden Center: https://www.theedencenter.com/

Nervous for your wedding night? Excited for it? A mix of both?

Whatever you’re feeling—you’re not alone. This is for you.

In this episode of How’s Married Life?, sisters Bracha & Peninah sit down with Dr. Judith Fogel, a leading expert in human sexuality, a sex counselor, kallah teacher and a certified yoetzet halacha, to talk honestly about the wedding night - what’s expected, what’s normal, and what actually matters.

Together, they unpack the pressure, the misconceptions, and the unspoken questions so many Jewish couples carry. This conversation reframes the wedding night not as a performance, but as the beginning of real intimacy - built on comfort, communication, and connection.

If you’re preparing for marriage and wondering what this part of your life will look like - this episode will help you feel more informed, more grounded, and less alone.

This podcast is created by La’Bayit and L’Chaim in partnership with The Eden Center.

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About La’Bayit 🎁

Join the over 3,000 couples who have made wedding, baby and Aliyah gift registries in Israel with La’Bayit Gifts! La’Bayit gift registries takes all the unnecessary stress out of giving and receiving gifts from abroad. Through our wedding registries, English-speaking couples in Israel can EASILY & CONVENIENTLY receive beautiful gifts for their (La’)Bayit Neeman B’Yisrael. We thousands of high-quality products from local artists and international brands, and delivery straight to your door.

Create your registry today: www.labayitgifts.com

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About L’Chaim 🥂

Join us as we build L'Chaim, the only platform for couples to find, compare, and contact wedding vendors in English in Israel. Launching soon!

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Send us your feedback and questions: [email protected]

Follow us on Instagram: @labayitgifts

Learn more about The Eden Center: https://www.theedencenter.com/

Welcome to "How’s Married Life?"

In this trailer, sisters Bracha & Peninah introduce a podcast for Jewish women who are dating, engaged, or newly married in Israel - created for the real conversations that come up while building a relationship and marriage. Because building a Jewish home takes more than planning a wedding.

Each episode features trusted professionals speaking about intimacy, money, engagement stress, mikvah, and the questions people feel awkward asking out loud.

New episodes begin next week. Subscribe and join us!

Send us your feedback and questions: [email protected]

Follow us on Instagram: @labayitgifts

This podcast was created in partnership with the Eden Center. To learn more about their important work empowering Jewish women: https://www.theedencenter.com/