PARSHAS CHUKAS 5778
STAM TORAH PARSHAS CHUKAS 5778 “TRUST THE PROCESS” It wasn’t nice, but that’s the way it was. Everyone in school and in his town called him Mike the Moron. It wasn’t that he was stupid, as much as that he just never seemed to use common sense. He was impulsive, had no patience for details, […]
PARSHAS CHUKAS 5778
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Chukas –Avos Perek 5 9 Tamuz 5778/June 22, 2018 It’s the last thing any driver wants to see in their rear-view mirror. Yes, blue lives matter, but we don’t want to see a cop driving right behind us. I had the delightful experience a few weeks ago, […]
PARSHAS KORACH 5778
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Korach –Avos Perek 4 2 Tamuz 5778/June 15, 2018 Living in New York unquestionably has benefits and drawbacks. But for high schoolers, living in New York means having to take the dreaded Regents exams. Our oldest, Shalom, took his first Regents this week. For the last few […]
PARSHAS KORACH 5778
STAM TORAH PARSHAS KORACH 5778 “ALL IN THE EXPECTATIONS”[1] I heard the following story, and then found it written by Rabbi Yerachmiel Milstein. It is taken from aish.com. It is a story that could only happen in Eretz Yisroel: It was right after Rosh Hashanah, in Bnei Brak, one of Israel’s most densely populated communities, […]
PARSHAS SHELACH 5778
STAM TORAH PARSHAS SHELACH 5778 “FOR THE SAKE OF WHOM”[1] Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman is known as “the Disco Rabbi” due to his amazing success at reaching out to boys and girls in their own “habitat” and bringing them closer to Hashem and His Torah. There are many amazing stories about this remarkable person and […]
PARSHAS SHELACH 5778
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Shelach –Avos Perek 3 Mevorchim Chodesh Tamuz 25 Sivan 5778/June 8, 2018 During the Scripps National Spelling Bee last week, 13-year-old Shiva Yeshlur from Wyoming was asked to spell the word “Cholent”. Yeshlur requested a definition from the judges. The reply: “A Jewish Sabbath-day dish of […]
PARSHAS BEHA’ALOSCHA 5778
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Beha’aloscha –Avos Perek 2 18 Sivan 5778/June 1, 2018 Shlomo Hamelech stated: “It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of celebration, and the living will give heart” (Koheles 7:2) Although Simchos are beautiful and uplifting, most of the […]
PARSHAS BEHA’ALOSCHA 5778
STAM TORAH PARSHAS BEHA’ALOSCHA 5778 “FOR THE SAKE OF WHOM”[1] When Rav Elazar Menachem Men Schach zt’l was a young yeshiva student he lived in dire poverty. At one point he was invited to join Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin. The students of the yeshiva were chosen for their extreme diligence and scholarliness ; it was […]
PARSHAS NASO 5778
STAM TORAH PARSHAS NASO 5778 “ON ME ALONE”[1] Toward the end of his Inaugural Address on January 20, 1981, President Ronald Reagan spoke of monuments to heroism. Struggling to control his emotions, he drew attention to “the sloping hills of Arlington National Cemetery with its row upon row of simple white markers.” He […]
PARSHAS NASO 5778
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Naso –Avos Perek 1 11 Sivan 5778/May 15, 2018 My parents were born and bred on New York’s legendary Lower East Side. It’s where my grandparents lived when they came to America as well. For the first seven years of my life, my family lived at 550 […]