Parshas Chayei Sara 5784
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Chayei Sarah 26 MarCheshvan 5784/November 10, 2023 Mevorchim Chodesh Kislev BROTHERLY LOVE The month of Cheshvan is the only month on the Jewish calendar that has no unique endemic avodah. Even months that contain a fast day have special focus and significance. For me personally, […]
Parshas Vayeira 5784
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vayera 19 MarCheshvan 5784/November 3, 2023 ONE PLUS ONE Shortly before I married, I spent a Succos in a yeshiva for Russian boys in Copenhagen, Denmark. After Succos ended, I had the opportunity to visit a couple of nearby countries in Europe. One of the […]
Parshas Lech Lecha 5784
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Lech Lecha 12 MarCheshvan 5783/October 27, 2023 לז”ן זקנתי מרתי שפרינצע בת אברהם יצחק This Musings is dedicated in memory of my beloved Savta, Mrs. Minnie Staum, whose yahrtzeit is 17 Cheshvan TIMELESS WORDS When I think about my Bubby, Rebbetzin Fruma Kohn a”h, […]
Parshas Noach 5784
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Noach 5 MarCheshvan 5783/October 20, 2023 UPHOLDING & UPHOLDEN Like everyone else, after the unspeakable atrocities that occurred in Eretz Yisroel on Simchas Torah, I was and am looking for all the chizuk I can get. I have listened to quite a few lectures […]
Parshas Beraishis 5784
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Bereishis Mevorchim Chodesh Cheshvan 21 Tishrei 5783/October 13, 2023 FOR HIM I don’t remember the last time I was able to so relate to a powerful story I heard, in a manner I never could have imagined. I was asked to share divrei Torah in […]
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 […]
Parshas Nitzavim Vayeilech 5783
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh parshas Nitzavim-Vayelech 22 Elul 5783/September 8, 2023 MY GRAND-REBBE I have been blessed to learn from many wonderful rebbeim in my life, each of whom has left an indelible impression upon me. One of those rebbeim was my eleventh grade rebbe, Rabbi N. Aryeh Feuer. […]