PARSHAS EMOR 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS EMOR 5776 “COUNTING DAYS” Imagine there is a bank that credits your account with $86,400 each morning. It carries over no balance from day to day, and every evening it deletes whatever part of […]
PARSHAS EMOR 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Emor Pirkei Avos perek 3 12 Iyar 5776 (27th day of Omer)/ May 20, 2016 Last week our five year old daughter Chayala had corrective surgery on her eyes. [The surgery had nothing to do with the rock climbing on Chol Hamoed that I wrote about last […]
PARSHAS KEDOSHIM 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS KEDOSHIM 5776 “PURITY OF EXPERIENCE” Elderly woman breaks student’s nose for failing to give up bus seat Julian Ryall in Tokyo, 09 Jul 2010 Tamiko Masuta, 66, the manager of an apartment complex, was […]
PARSHAS KEDOSHIM 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Kedoshim Pirkei Avos perek 2 5 Iyar 5776 (20th day of Omer)/ May 13, 2016 One of our Chol Hamoed outings this Pesach was to a place called “High Exposure Rock Climbing.” The facility boasts numerous forty-foot climbs to the roof of the building, each climb varying […]
PARSHAS ACHREI MOS
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS ACHREI MOS “INSPECT YOUR BRAKES” Chrysler recall of vehicles for possible brake failure By Peter Valdes-Dapena, senior writer January 19, 2010 NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Chrysler Group is recalling about 24,000 late-model Chrysler, Dodge and […]
PARSHAS ACHREI MOS 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Acharei Mos Pirkei Avos perek 1- Mevorchim Chodesh Iyar 28 Nissan 5776 (13th day of Omer)/ May 6, 2016 A few weeks ago a good friend invited me and Chani to his home for a meeting he was hosting. He told me that it could be very […]
PARSHAS METZORA/SHABBOS HAGADOL 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS METZORA/SHABBOS HAGADOL 5776 “THE ART OF INSTRUCTION” A number of years ago, a student in Yeshivas Sha’ar Yoshuv in Far Rockaway acted in a manner that disgraced himself and the entire yeshiva. It was […]
PARSHAS METZORA/SHABBOS HAGADOL 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Metzora/Hagadol 7 Nissan 5776/ April 15, 2016 The newfound unwritten law that has evolved in recent years is that shalach manos delivered on Purim must have a theme. The theme must directly connect between the costumes worn and the contents of the shalach manos given. In fulfillment […]
PARSHAS TAZRIA/HACHODESH 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS TAZRIA/HACHODESH 5776 “SOCIAL NATION” Two Friends By David Ignatow I have something to tell you. I’m listening. I’m dying. I’m sorry to hear. I’m growing old. It’s terrible. It is. I thought you should […]
PARSHAS TAZRIA/HACHODESH 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Tazria/Hachodesh Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Nissan 29 Adar II 5776/ April 8, 2016 As readers of this column are aware, a few weeks ago my son Shalom and I had the great fortune to spend a week and a half in Eretz Yisroel in honor of his bar […]