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 […]
PARSHAS PINCHOS 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Pinchos 20 Tamuz 5777/ July 15, 2017 – Avos Perek 1 This past Sunday, Camp Dora Golding hosted it’s first (of two) Visiting Days of the 2017 summer season. Hundreds of excited parents packed onto the campus, for a few hours reunion with their sons, and to […]
PARSHAS BALAK 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Balak 13 Tamuz 5777/ July 8, 2017 – Avos Perek 6 A few months ago, I went to purchase a new mirror for my tefillin from the Dollar Store. Halacha dictates that one’s tefillin shel rosh must be high enough upon one’s head that the front of […]
PARSHAS CHUKAS 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Chukas 6 Tamuz 5777/ June 30, 2017 – Avos Perek 5 This week, the Staum family has made its annual pilgrimage to East Stroudsburg, PA, to our summer home at Camp Dora Golding. When making the announcements after davening last Shabbos, our shul President, R’ Yossi Goldman, […]
PARSHAS KORACH 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Korach 29 Sivan 5777/ June 23, 2017 – Avos Perek 4 Erev Rosh Chodesh Tamuz Each weekday afternoon, I head north on the Palisades Parkway, on my way to Mesivta Ohr Naftali in New Windsor, NY. As the Yeshiva’s Principal, you can only imagine how devastated […]
PARSHAS SHELACH 5777
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Shelach 22 Sivan 5777/ June 16, 2017 – Avos Perek 3 Mevorchim Chodesh Tamuz Back in the days when “being on line” meant you were in a store, and the web was something spiders wove, audio was recorded on cassette tapes. I grew up in that archaic […]