ROSH HASHANAH 5778
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Rosh Hashanah 29 Elul 5777/ September 20, 2017 One morning this past week, a photographer came to yeshiva to take pictures of the beginning of the new z’man (semester). As can be imagined, as soon as he entered the classroom, all the boys looked at him. He motioned that everyone […]
PARSHIOS NETZOVIM-VAYELECH 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Netzovim-Vayelech 24 Elul 5777/ September 15, 2017 – Avos Perek 5-6 This week marked the sixteenth anniversary of the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001. A few years ago, on September 11, I was teaching my fifth-grade class at Ashar, and was reminiscing about that fateful and […]
PARSHAS KI SAVO 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Ki Savo 17 Elul 5777/ September 8, 2017 – Avos Perek 3-4 This past Wednesday, parents in the Tri-state area gleefully celebrated the return of their children to school. No doubt they are thrilled that their children will be learning Torah and broadening the horizons of their […]
PARSHAS KI SEITZI 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Ki Setzei 10 Elul 5777/ September 1, 2017 – Avos Perek 2 It’s hard to believe that we are approaching the first birthday of our twin boys, Gavriel Yehuda and Michael Binyamin. As has been noted in earlier columns, their pregnancy was fraught with challenges, to say […]
PARSHAS SHOFTIM 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Shoftim 3 Elul 5777/ August 25, 2017 – Avos Perek 1 During the last couple of weeks, our three-and-a-half (and one quarter) year old son, Dovid, wakes up every morning and asks if it’s Shabbos Kodesh. I wish I could say that he’s so drawn to the […]
PARSHAS RE’EH 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Ki Savo 17 Elul 5774/September 12, 2014 Pirkei Avos – Perek 3-4 One Shabbos afternoon during the summer of 2010, in the Staum bungalow at Camp Dora Golding, a four-year-old boy (whose last name happens to be Staum) decided to jump off the top bunk bed. I […]
PARSHAS EIKEV 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Eikev 19 Menachem Av 5777/ August 11, 2017 – Avos Perek 5 One shabbos afternoon a few weeks ago here in Camp Dora Golding, I was learning outside at a table near some bunkhouses. There were groups of boys having catches nearby. At one point, a boy […]
PARSHAS VAESCHANAN/SHABBOS NACHAMU 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vaeschanan/Nachamu 14 Menachem Av 5777/ August 4, 2017 – Avos Perek 4 In past columns of this forum, I have written about the magnificent scenic drive I enjoy each afternoon, along my way to Mesivta Ohr Naftali, in New Windsor, NY, where I have the good fortune […]
PARSHAS DEVORIM/SHABBOS CHAZON 5777
“RABBI’S AMUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Devorim/Chazon 7 Menachem Av 5777/ July 29, 2017 – Avos Perek 3 When I was eight years old, I needed to have an operation to correct a hernia. I remember davening at home with my father in the wee hours of the morning, and then heading to […]
PARSHIOS MATOS-MASEI 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Matos-Masei 27 Tamuz 5777/ July 22, 2017 – Avos Perek 2 Mevorchim Menachem Av Camp Dora Golding is located in East Stroudsburg, Pa. It is a beautiful campus with newly renovated bunkhouses, lush fields, and numerous other attractions, which contribute to making it the wonderful camp that […]