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 […]
The Light of Rav Shteinman and The Light of Chanukah
The Light of Rav Shteinman and The Light of Chanukah Rabbi Daniel Staum Transcribed by: Shaindy Grinberg TorahScribe http://www.transcription.co.il/ It’s just a few hours before the great […]
PARSHAS MIKETZ/CHANUKAH 5777
STAM TORAH PARSHAS MIKETZ/CHANUKAH 5777 “BONELESS WONDER” Between the two World Wars, Winston Churchill, the future legendary Prime Minster of Great Britain, was exasperated with the impotence of the British government in regards to their foreign policy[1]. On one occasion, he addressed the House of Commons and related that as a boy he always looked […]
PARSHAS MIKETZ/CHANUKAH 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Miketz Rosh Chodesh Teves – 6th day of Chanukah 1 Teves 5777/ December 30, 2016 It was definitely one of the most unique gifts I ever received. Since it was given to me, I am hardly ever apart from it. This may sound funny, but when […]
PARSHAS MIKETZ – CHANUKAH 5776
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Miketz – Rosh Chodesh Teves 6 Chanukah 29 Kiselv 5776/ December 11, 2015 I wear various hats, albeit not at once. A few weeks ago, they all merged, although thankfully they did not collide. After Shabbos when I wear my “Rabbi hat” (it’s one of the […]
PARSHAS MIKETZ – CHANUKAH 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com STAM TORAH PARSHAS MIKETZ – CHANUKAH 5776 “ROCK OF ISRAEL” The following is part of the text of the Oxford Chabad Society Joseph Graham Memorial Lecture, given by Rabbi Yisroel Meir Lau[1], at St Annes College, on 7 May, 2006: “I was privileged once to meet David Ben Gurion, the […]
CHANUKAH/MIKETZ 5775
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH CHANUKAH/MIKETZ 5775 “AN INTROSPECTIVE HOLIDAY” A group of Chassidim once approached the legendary Rebbe, Rabbi Levy Yitzchok of Barditchev, and expressed their amazement and admiration for the incredible wealth and profligacy of a certain Russian […]
CHANUKAH/MIKETZ 5775
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Miketz 27 Kislev 5775/ December 19, 2014 Shabbos Chanukah/Mevorchim Chodesh Teves I join the masses The multitudes standing In awed silence Watching his every move To witness the scene – So holy So regal So pure Eyes closed Thoughts transcending So removed Transported to a celestial world […]
PARSHAS MIKETZ/CHANUKAH 5774
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/ASHAR STAM TORAH PARSHAS MIKETZ/CHANUKAH 5774 “NATURAL MIRACLES” Francois-Marie Arouet, known to the world as Voltaire, is considered one of France’s greatest writers and philosophers. He was also a fierce and outspoken critic of religion. He considered himself a deist who did not […]