Shabbos Chol Hamoed Succos /Simchas Torah 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Succos – Z’man Simchaseinu 14 Tishrei 5776/ September 27, 2015 Joe was one of those young entrepreneurs who seemed that have the Hand of Midas. Every venture he invested in, each deal he went after, and every business prospect he followed, seemed to turn to gold. At thirty-five years old […]
Succos II 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Succos – Z’man Simchaseinu 14 Tishrei 5776/ September 27, 2015 It doesn’t matter which of the Jewish Magazines you pick up from any of the local newsstands now before Succos, all of the Succos editions seem to have a similar format. For starters they are all impressively large and the […]
Succos I 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Succos – Z’man Simchaseinu 14 Tishrei 5776/ September 27, 2015 Each year on Erev Rosh Hashanah and Erev Yom Kippur I try to visit the cemetery which is a one minute drive from our shul. I daven at the kevarim of some of the tzaddikim buried there including Rav Mordechai […]
SUCCOS 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com STAM TORAH SUCCOS 5776 “JOY OF VINDICATION” “We danced round and round in circles As if the world had done no wrong From evening until morning Filling up the shul with song Though we had no Sifrei Torah To clutch close to our hearts In their place we held […]
PARSHAS HA’AZINU 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS HA’AZINU 5776 “IN YOU ALONE” A troubled man once approached the great tzaddik Rabbi Mordechai of Nashchiz. “Rebbe, please help me! I have a fatal disease and the doctors say they can do […]
YOM KIPPUR 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com STAM TORAH YOM KIPPUR 5776 “TRUE DESIRE” INMATE SUES HIMSELF FOR $5 MILLION Associated Press Published: Sunday, April 9, 1995 12:00 a.m. MDT An inmate who claimed he violated his own civil rights by getting arrested filed a $5 million lawsuit against himself – then asked the state […]
PARSHAS VAYELECH SHABBOS “SHUVA YISROEL” 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYELECH SHABBOS “SHUVA YISROEL” 5776 “THE ONLY TRUE BAROMETER” On January 23, 1996, Pastor Joe Wright was invited to open the new session of the Kansas House of Representatives. It was expected that he would recite a moving prayer and then step down. However, according to an […]
PARSHAS VAYELECH SHABBOS “SHUVA YISROEL” 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vayelech 5 Tishrei 5776/ September 18, 2015 Shabbos Shuva Yisroel If we do it before Pesach with our chometz, could we do it before Yom Kippur with our sins? AUTHORIZATION FOR SALE OF SINS 1. If the contract includes sins that belong to someone else, be sure […]