Parshas Miketz Shabbos Chanukah- Rosh Chodesh Teves
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Miketz Shabbos Chanukah- Rosh Chodesh Teves 29 Kislev 5779/December 7, 2018 Last week, I had the pleasure of spending Shabbos in Chicago. I was invited to deliver a parenting lecture on Motzei Shabbos for the Associated Talmud Torahs (ATT), and in order to do so I […]
PARSHAS VAYESHEV/CHANUKAH 5779
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vayeshev 22 Kislev 5779/November 29, 2018 For almost a decade I had the great privilege of being the Guidance Counselor in Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch. On one occasion, I was conversing with the yeshiva’s executive director, Mr. Yehuda Avrohom Most. I mentioned to Mr. Most that I was […]
PARSHAS VAYESHEV/CHANUKAH 5779
STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYESHEV/CHANUKAH 5779 “BEYOND DESPAIR”[1] Rabbi Moshe Scheinerman[2] related: When I was learning in the Ponovezh yeshiva in B’nei Brak, I once ate a Shabbos seudah at a fellow named Hershkowitz who lived on Rechov Chazon Ish. During that seudah he related the following personal anecdote: “When I was a bochur, I learned […]
PARSHAS VAYISHLACH 5779
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vayishlach 15 Kislev 5779/November 23, 2018 Check your pockets; if you purchased a lottery ticket a few weeks ago, you may have the winning ticket. As of this writing, the $1.5 billion mega millions jackpot has still not been claimed. The winner, who beat the odds of […]
PARSHAS VAYISHLACH 5779
STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYISHLACH 5779 “ON THE MOVE”[1] In 1900, there were over 50,000 horses transporting people around London each day. To add to this, there were yet more horse-drawn carts and drays delivering goods around what was then the largest city in the world. This huge number of horses created major problems, particularly the […]
PARSHAS VAYTZEI 5779
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vayetzei 8 Kislev 5779/November 16, 2018 October 26-27 a few weeks ago, was the week of the Shabbat project, when Jews of all affiliations and backgrounds throughout the world were uniting in observing Shabbos. It has become in vogue at the end of Shabbatons to have a […]
PARSHAS VAYTZEI 5779
STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYTZEI 5779 “FOREVER YOUNG”[1] One day a father was walking with his son when they encountered a man who looked like he was ancient huddled on a park bench. The father saw an opportunity to teach his son about values. He sat down next to the man and asked him the secret […]
PARSHAS TOLDOS 5779
STAM TORAH PARSHAS TOLDOS 5779 “VALUE SYSTEM”[1] My rebbe, Rabbi Berel Wein, relates that during the Holocaust a Nazi in the gehtto was grabbing Jewish children off the street and throwing them into the back of a waiting truck, to cart them off to their deaths. As he picked up one child, the youth looked […]
PARSHAS TOLDOS 5779
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Toldos – Rosh Chodesh Kislev 1 Kislev 5779/November 9, 2018 Last week I had two packages to send out. One was a bar mitzvah gift of a friend’s son; the other was a thank you gift for a person who gave of his time to help me […]
PARSHAS CHAYEI SARAH 5779
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Chayei Sarah 24 Cheshvan 5779/November 2, 2018 Mevorchim Chodesh Kislev Last year on December 25, 2017, Heichal HaTorah hosted a grandfather-grandson morning of Torah learning. It was beautiful and touching to see grandfathers sitting next to their grandsons learning together. On that morning, I was about to […]