2nd Days Succos 5784

  “RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)”   Hoshanah Rabbah – Erev Shabbos Kodesh Shemini Atzeres 21 Tishrei 5783/October 6, 2023 ANNUAL INVESTMENT A few weeks ago, our family joined our yeshiva, Heichal HaTorah, for a “yeshiva Shabbos” on the grounds of Camp Nageela in Fallsburg, NY. After a beautiful Shabbos, we headed to the nearby pizza […]

Succos 5784

  “RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)”   Erev Shabbos Kodesh Succos 14 Tishrei 5783/September 29, 2023 LOOSE SCREWS   A couple of hours after I broke my fast following the end of Yom Kippur, ignoring my fatigue and aching feet, I ventured out to the Motzei Yom Kippur tisch of the Nikolsburg Rebbe. It has become […]

Parshas Haazinu 5784

  “RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)”   Erev Shabbos Kodesh Rosh Hashanah 29 Elul 5783/September 15, 2023 ONCE UPON THE END On the late afternoon of Erev Rosh Hashanah, I was in my kitchen busily taking care of last-minute things before Yom Tov. It was then that I glanced out the kitchen window and saw something […]

Rosh Hashana 5784

  “RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)”   Erev Shabbos Kodesh Rosh Hashanah 29 Elul 5783/September 15, 2023 WHO ARE YOU?   A couple of weeks ago, shortly before our son Shalom left to return to learn in Yerushalayim, he and I learned an essay from Alei Shur (Vol 2, p 415) together. In that essay, Rav […]