PARSHAS BEHA’ALOSCHA 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS BEHA’ALOSCHA 5776 “STERLING CHARACTER” Michelangelo is renowned for being a great painter, particularly of the Sistine Chapel. The truth however, is that his true love was not painting, but in sculpting. He was once […]
PARSHAS BEHA’ALOSCHA 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Beha’aloscha Pirkei Avos perek 2 18 Sivan 5776/ June 25, 2016 In the middle of the summer two years ago, I traveled from Camp Dora Golding in East Stroudsburg, PA, to New Windsor, NY to meet with the Rosh Yeshiva and Menahel of Mesivta Ohr Naftoli to […]
PARSHAS NASO 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS NASO 5776 “THE LUCKIEST MAN” On June 1, 1925, a young baseball player named Lou Gehrig was sent to pinch hit for shortstop Paul “Pee Wee” Wanninger. The next day, June 2, Yankee manager Miller Huggins started Gehrig […]
PARSHAS NASO 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Naso Pirkei Avos perek 1 11 Sivan 5776/ June 17, 2016 During my youth, my personal hero was the popular Jewish singer Avrohom Fried. As a member of Tzlil V’zemer Boys Choir I enjoyed the fact that we had a number of concerts in which we performed […]
PARSHAS BAMIDBAR 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS BAMIDBAR 5776 “IN PERFECT FORMATION” A Paratrooper’s Story By Dr. Moshe Amirav On Monday, the 5th of June 1967, I arrived in Western Jerusalem as a soldier in a paratrooper brigade. All through that […]
PARSHAS BAMIDBAR 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Bamidbar – Erev Shavuos Pirkei Avos perek 6 – Kinyan Torah 4 Sivan 5776 (48th day of Omer)/ June 10, 2016 I have written a few times in this forum about the wonderful trip to Eretz Yisroel, that I enjoyed along with our bechor Shalom, this past […]
PARSHAS BECHUKOSAI 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS BECHUKOSAI 5776 “LETTERS OF FIRE” The Torah That Went From the Depths to the Heavens Lost With the Space Shuttle, a Holocaust Memento Debbi Wilgoren, Washington Post[1] Wednesday, Febuary19, 2003 The bar mitzvah took […]
PARSHAS BECHUKOSAI 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Bechukosai Pirkei Avos perek 5 – Mevorchim Chodesh Sivan 26 Iyar 5776 (41st day of Omer)/ June 3, 2016 As technology becomes increasingly faster and more convenient, we expect to be able to do more and have more in less space. But everything has its limits. A […]
PARSHAS BEHAR 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS BEHAR 5776 “CHARITY OF TIME” The Gold family was sitting shiva for their revered father, Mr. Jack (Yaakov) Gold in October 1976. Rabbi Yaakov Pollack, Rabbi of Congregation Shomrei Emunah in Boro Park and […]
PARSHAS BEHAR 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Behar Pirkei Avos perek 4 19 Iyar 5776 (34th day of Omer)/ May 27, 2016 Living in the vicinity of New York City affords us the opportunity to frequently travel across bridges traversing the Hudson and East Rivers. Traveling to the Five Towns entails crossing the George […]