PARSHAS RE’EH 5777
STAM TORAH PARSHAS RE’EH 5777 “PRICELESS LAND” A Texas rancher was visiting a farm in Israel. The proud Israeli farmer was showing the Texan around. “Here is where I grow my tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash. Over there I built a clubhouse for my children, next to the shed I built, on the side of the […]
PARSHAS EIKEV 5777
STAM TORAH PARSHAS EIKEV 5777 “BEFORE AND AFTER” In the introduction to his sefer V’ha’arev Na[1], Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein shlita relates the following story about his father-in-law, the eminent Torah sage Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv shlita: In Iyar 5768 (1998) Rabbi Elyashiv, had to be hospitalized[2]. Despite his hospitalization, he was determined to maintain his […]
PARSHAS EIKEV 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Eikev 19 Menachem Av 5777/ August 11, 2017 – Avos Perek 5 One shabbos afternoon a few weeks ago here in Camp Dora Golding, I was learning outside at a table near some bunkhouses. There were groups of boys having catches nearby. At one point, a boy […]
PARSHAS VAESCHANAN/SHABBOS NACHAMU 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vaeschanan/Nachamu 14 Menachem Av 5777/ August 4, 2017 – Avos Perek 4 In past columns of this forum, I have written about the magnificent scenic drive I enjoy each afternoon, along my way to Mesivta Ohr Naftali, in New Windsor, NY, where I have the good fortune […]
PARSHAS VAESCHANAN/SHABBOS NACHAMU 5777
STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAESCHANAN/SHABBOS NACHAMU 5777 “WHOLEHEARTEDLY” During a lecture given on Tisha B’av a number of years ago, Harav Matisyahu Salomon shlita, the Lakewood Mashgiach, related the following personal story: “When I was a young man I was a student in the Gateshead Yeshiva. The yeshiva had a hundred and twenty-five students; not large […]
PARSHAS DEVORIM/SHABBOS CHAZON 5777
STAM TORAH PARSHAS DEVORIM/SHABBOS CHAZON 5777 “OUR GENERATION” The Kedushas Tzion[1] related the following fabled story: The Yetzer Hara (Evil Inclination) once appeared before the Heavenly Court and complained that he was unable to fulfill his mission. “How am I expected to convince people to listen to me when my name is “Evil”? Whenever I […]
PARSHAS DEVORIM/SHABBOS CHAZON 5777
“RABBI’S AMUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Devorim/Chazon 7 Menachem Av 5777/ July 29, 2017 – Avos Perek 3 When I was eight years old, I needed to have an operation to correct a hernia. I remember davening at home with my father in the wee hours of the morning, and then heading to […]
PARSHIOS MATOS-MASEI 5777
STAM TORAH PARSHIOS MATOS-MASEI 5777 “LABOR OF LOVE” Rabbi Mordechai Finkelman shlita, the beloved Mashgiach of Yeshivas Ohr Hachaim in Queens, was for many years the ‘spiritual guide’ here in Camp Dora Golding. Rabbi Finkleman nostalgically related that when he was a teenage bochur he was privileged to have a connection with the previous Skolya […]
PARSHIOS MATOS-MASEI 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Matos-Masei 27 Tamuz 5777/ July 22, 2017 – Avos Perek 2 Mevorchim Menachem Av Camp Dora Golding is located in East Stroudsburg, Pa. It is a beautiful campus with newly renovated bunkhouses, lush fields, and numerous other attractions, which contribute to making it the wonderful camp that […]
PARSHAS PINCHOS 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Pinchos 20 Tamuz 5777/ July 15, 2017 – Avos Perek 1 This past Sunday, Camp Dora Golding hosted it’s first (of two) Visiting Days of the 2017 summer season. Hundreds of excited parents packed onto the campus, for a few hours reunion with their sons, and to […]