Parshas Yisro 5781
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh parshas Yisro Mevorchim Chodesh Adar 23 Shevat 5781/February 5, 2021 To be added to my “Striving Higher” WhatsApp chat with periodic chizuk clips, or my “Power Parenting” WhatsApp chat with weekly ideas about parenting, text me at 845-641-5094. FAKE NEWS I […]
Parshas Beshalach 5781
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh parshas Besalach – Shabbos Shirah 16 Shevat 5781/January 29, 2021 To be added to my “Striving Higher” WhatsApp chat with periodic chizuk clips, or my “Power Parenting” WhatsApp chat with weekly ideas about parenting, text me at 845-641-5094. HOLDING THE KEY During our children’s midwinter […]
Parshas Bo 5781
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh parshas Bo 9 Shevat 5781/January 22, 2021 To be added to my “Striving Higher” WhatsApp chat with periodic chizuk clips, or my “Power Parenting” WhatsApp chat with weekly ideas about parenting, text me at 845-641-5094. RATIFYING THE CONSTITUTION Last week, the article I […]
Parshas Vaera 5781
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh parshas Vaera 2 Shevat 5781/January 15, 2021 To be added to my “Striving Higher” WhatsApp chat with periodic chizuk clips, or my “Power Parenting” WhatsApp chat with weekly ideas about parenting, text me at 845-641-5094. CONSTITUTION OF THE SHABBOS TABLE We, the “United […]
PARSHAS SHEMOS 5781
STAM TORAH PARSHAS SHEMOS 5781[1] “THE ENEMY OF GOOD” Dedicated l’refuah shelimah for נטע יצחק בן רחל A guest once arrived in Kotzk to the court of the Kotzker Rebbe. When he introduced himself to the rebbe, the rebbe asked him why he had come. The man explained that he had […]
PARSHAS SHEMOS 5781
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh parshas Shemos 24 Teves 5781/January 8, 2021 Mevorchim Chodesh Shevat To be added to my “Striving Higher” WhatsApp chat with periodic chizuk clips, or my “Power Parenting” WhatsApp chat with weekly ideas about parenting, text me at 845-641-5094. NO SMALL STUFF This past […]
PARSHAS VAYECHI 5781
STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYECHI 5781[1] “PUBLIC OR PRIVATE I” Dedicated l’refuah shelimah for נטע יצחק בן רחל A cruise ship on the Pacific Ocean encountered a raging storm and subsequently sank. Three Jews survived by holding onto boards and floating to a deserted island. As their initial joy of surviving faded, […]
PARSHAS VAYECHI 5781
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh parshas Vayechi 17 Teves 5781/January 1, 2021 To be added to my “Striving Higher” WhatsApp chat with periodic chizuk clips, or my “Power Parenting” WhatsApp chat with weekly ideas about parenting, text me at 845-641-5094. MOVING ON The other week I was looking for a […]
PARSHAS VAYIGASH 5781
STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYIGASH 5781[1] “DEEPEST OF THE DEEP” Dedicated l’refuah shleimah for נטע יצחק בן רחל Yeshivas Eitz Chaim, the famed Volozhiner Yeshiva, was founded in 1806 by Rav Chaim of Volozhin, a noted disciple of the Vilna Gaon. It was the mother of all Lithuanian Yeshivos. During the mid-1850s a contentious […]
PARSHAS VAYIGASH 5781
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh parshas Vayigash 10 Teves 5781/December 25, 2020 Fast of Asarah b’Teves To be added to my “Striving Higher” WhatsApp chat with periodic chizuk clips, or my “Power Parenting” WhatsApp chat with weekly ideas about parenting, text me at 845-641-5094. CUTTING EDGE After spending a beautiful […]