PARSHAS MIKETZ 5781
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh parshas Miketz 3 Teves 5781/December 18, 2020 Zos Chanukah 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. ENLIGHTENING QUESTIONS One day, during my wonderful […]
PARSHAS MIKETZ 5781
STAM TORAH PARSHAS MIKETZ 5781[1] “ON ME” Dedicated l’refuah shleimah for נטע יצחק בן רחל “Response-ability” is the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a […]
PARSHAS VAYESHEV 5781
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh parshas Vayeshev/Shabbos Chanukah 5781 25 Kislev 5781/December 11, 2020 Mevorchim Chodesh 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. SPICE IT UP […]
PARSHAS VAYESHEV 5781
STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYESHEV 5781[1] “DREAMING AWAKE” Dedicated l’refuah shleimah for נטע יצחק בן רחל In 1944, as World War II continued ravaging Europe and engulfing the entire world, the Ponovezher Rav, Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman zt’l, arrived in the then undeveloped town of B’nei Brak. It was then that he […]
PARSHAS VAYISHLACH 5781
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh parshas Vayishlach 5781 18 Kislev 5781/December 4, 2020 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. ALL AROUND US May 1945. Liberation day finally […]
PARSHAS VAYISHLACH 5781
STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYISHLACH 5781[1] “WHAT’S IN A NAME” Dedicated l’refuah shelimah for נטע יצחק בן רחל Uri Zohar was once celebrated as “the top comedian, television and radio talk-show host, social satirist, actor, and film producer on the Israeli scene.” Today, Rabbi Uri Zohar is perhaps Israel’s foremost ba’al teshuvah, or returnee […]
PARSHAS VAYETZEI 5781
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh parshas Vayetzei 5781 11 Kislev 5781/November 27, 2020 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. GET BETTER NOW! My rebbe, Rabbi Berel […]
PARSHAS VAYETZEI 5781
STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYETZEI 5781[1] “ESSENCE OF LOVE “ Dedicated l’refuah shelimah for נטע יצחק בן רחל One beautiful summer morning, two friends decided to go on a fishing trip together. They rented a small boat and enjoyed the breeze as the boat floated gently through the sea. All at once, […]
PARSHAS TOLDOS 5781
STAM TORAH PARSHAS TOLDOS 5781[1] “PURE SPEECH” Peleh Yoetz relates a frightening story about a Jewish comedian who spent his life on stage telling inappropriate, vulgar, and crude jokes. When he was in his final illness, he lay in a coma with the Chevra Kadisha[2] awaiting the inevitable. Suddenly, the dying […]
Parshas Chayei Sarah 5781
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh parshas Chayei Sarah 5781 26 MarCheshvan 5781/November 13, 2020 Mevorchim Chodesh Kislev 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. SIMPLE GREATNESS You won’t […]