SHAVUOS 5775
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW www.strivinghigher.com STAM TORAH SHAVUOS 5775 “HOLY NATION” Rabbi Avrohom Pam zt’l related the following story: There was once a wealthy fellow who was searching for a worthy husband for his daughter. He wanted his son-in-law to be a scholar of note and of exemplary character. The man was offering to support […]
SHAVUOS 5775
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Bamidbar – Erev Shavuos 5 Sivan 5775/ May 22, 2015 49th day of the Omer – Pirkei Avos – Chapter 6 – Kinyan Torah On February 17, 2001, my wife and I were married in Bais Faiga hall in Lakewood, NJ. (Lakewood is a city way down […]
SHAVUOS/ PARSHAS BEHA’ALOSCHA 5774
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR/ Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch STAM TORAH SHAVUOS/ PARSHAS BEHA’ALOSCHA 5774 “STRENGTH OR WEAKNESS” Louis “Buck” Newsom was a pitcher in Major League Baseball during the late 1930’s. He was fondly known as “Bobo” because that was what he called everyone else. He had […]
SHAVUOS/ PARSHAS BEHA’ALOSCHA 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shavuos – Z’man Matan Toraseinu – 5 Sivan 5774/June 3, 2014 Before Shabbos this week I asked our son Shalom if he turned off his alarm clock so that it wouldn’t go off on Shabbos morning. He assured me that he did. Somehow the alarm clock sprang to life anyway […]
PARSHAS NASO/SHAVUOS 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Naso Pirkei Avos – Perek 6 — Rosh Chodesh Sivan 5774/May 30, 2014 – 45th day of the Omer (The following is a thought from Rabbi Leibel Chaitovsky – ASHAR – May 2014:) During the summer, in camp I have one of the most coveted toys; a […]
PARSHAS NASO/SHAVUOS 5774
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR/ Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch STAM TORAH PARSHAS NASO/SHAVUOS 5774 “REALLY CONVINCED” A man was driving down an old country road one afternoon, when his car suddenly sputtered and stopped. He jumped out of his car, and flipped up the hood to survey the […]
SHAVUOS 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch STAM TORAH SHAVUOS 5773 “THE CURSE OF ANONYMITY[1]” A COLUMBUS DAY POEM BY CHARLES OSGOOD In the year 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. This marvelous Italian fella so impressed Queen Isabella … she underwrote the daring trip every crewman, every […]
SHAVUOS 5773
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Z’man Matan Toraseinu 5 Sivan 5773/May14, 2013 49th day of the Omer “My grandfather told me that when he was in Russia in the 1800s if he was walking the streets outside his shtetl he could get beaten up.” “When I was your age in Poland during the early 20s, I used […]
SHAVUOS 5772
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch To receive Stam Torah via email each week, send an email to: stam-torah+subscribe@googlegroups.com STAM TORAH SHAVUOS 5772 “ANCESTORY AND PROGENY” “The true test of success in life is if one’s grandparents and grandchildren are proud of him.” (Rabbi Berel Wein) “The reason […]