KI SISA 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Ki Sisa 17 Adar I 5776/ February 26, 2016 For four years of High School I was a talmid of Yeshiva Shaarei Torah in Monsey. During those years the Rosh Yeshiva was one of my lifelong rabbeim, Rabbi Berel Wein shlita. Throughout my High School […]
TETZAVEH 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Tetzaveh 10 Adar I 5776/ February 19, 2016 Do you know who really knows everything? The cab drivers in Eretz Yisroel. If you don’t believe me just ask them. Actually, you don’t have to ask them, they’ll tell you themselves. During our time in Eretz Yisroel we had our […]
TETZAVEH 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH TETZAVEH 5776 “INTERNAL FLAME” Naftali was a hard-working innkeeper – honest, respected, and well-liked. For years he made a respectable living and made sure to pay his rent to the Poritz on time. But then, […]
PARSHAS TERUMAH 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Terumah 3 Adar I 5776/ February 12, 2016 While standing and davening at the Kosel Hama’aravi last week I was reminded of the following anecdote I had once heard: An elderly man who was attending an NFL game one Sunday afternoon with his family. In the middle […]
PARSHAS TERUMAH 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS TERUMAH 5776 “THE UNDERLYING TRUTH” “Papa’s favorite expression was, “I am a soldier of the Boss, and I obey His commands.[1]” “He was concerned with every phase of Jewish religious life in America. Papa’s […]
PARSHAS MISHPATIM 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Mishpatim Shabbos Mevorchim Chodesh Adar I 26 Shevat 5776/ February 5, 2016 There were many special highlights and memorable moments during my recent trip to Eretz Yisroel with my son Shalom, in honor of his bar mitzvah. We had the zechus of receiving berachos from many gedolim, […]
PARSHAS MISHPATIM 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS MISHPATIM 5776 “THE EAR THAT HEARD” I have studied many times The marble which was chiseled for me— A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor. In truth it pictures not […]
Parshas Yisro 5776
Among the vast collection of jokes that I have heard from my father over the years is the following:There was once a British fellow, a rich American, an Indian, an imbecile, and an Israeli sitting together in a diner. The Brit turned to the quadro and said, “excuse me gentlemen, what is your opinion about […]
PARSHAS YISRO 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS YISRO 5776 “THE PERVASIVE KVETCH” Martin comes to Dr. Saul, the veterinarian, with his dog. “Doctor, you gotta help my dog; he’s got a real problem.” The doctor looks at the aging canine and […]
PARSHAS BESHALACH/SHABBOS SHIRAH / TU B’SHVAT 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com STAM TORAH PARSHAS BESHALACH/SHABBOS SHIRAH TU B’SHVAT 5776 “SONG OF VALUES” During the 1990s a Jewish advertising executive in New York had an epiphany[1]. If he could get funding to advertise the time for lighting Shabbos candles each Friday in the New York Times – considered the world’s most prestigious […]