PARSHAS RE’EH 5775
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Re’eh 30 Menachem Av 5775/ August 15, 2015 1 Rosh Chodesh Elul Pirkei Avos Perek 5 A few weeks back I spoke in Shul about the greatness and significance of the mitzvah of tzitzis. I quoted Chazal who state that fulfilling the mitzvah of tzitzis is equivalent […]
PARSHAS EIKEV 5775
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vaeschanan- Shabbos Eikev 22 Menachem Av 5775/ August 7, 2015 Shabbos Mevorchim Chodesh Elul Pirkei Avos Perek 4 I was privileged to be part of the final graduating class from Yeshiva Shaarei Torah when Rabbi Berel Wein was its Rosh Yeshiva. It must have been that only […]
PARSHAS VAESCHANAN 5775
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vaeschanan- Shabbos Nachamu TU B’AV- 15 Menachem Av 5775/ July 31, 2015 Pirkei Avos Perek 3 Rabbi Dovie Eisenberger is one of the esteemed learning rabbeim here in Camp Dora Golding. As Tisha B’av was beginning a few summers ago, just after he had left his bungalow […]
PARSHAS DEVORIM – TISHA B’AV 5775
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Devorim Shabbos Tisha B’av 5775/ July 22, 2015 At our Shabbos table a few weeks ago a friend of ours related that some time prior she had been attending a wedding. She was standing next to her table and shmoozing with a friend, when she felt tapping on […]
PARSHIOS MATOS-MASEI 5775
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Matos-Masei Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av 5775/ July 15, 2015 Pirkei Avos – Chapter 2 This week Camp Dora Golding went on its first major trip of the summer to Dorney Park, a major theme park in Allentown, PA. As anyone who has ever been to a Theme Park […]
PARSHAS PINCHAS 5775
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Pinchos 23 Tamuz 5775/ July 8, 2015 Pirkei Avos – Chapter 1 A change of scenery is always nice, and our family really takes pleasure in coming to the Pocono Mountains each summer. Aside for enjoying being part of Camp Dora Golding, we also enjoy the unique environment […]
PARSHAS BALAK 5775
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Balak 16 Tamuz 5775/ July 1, 2015 Pirkei Avos – Chapter 6 You know you’re starting to get old when you preface an anecdote with “When I was a kid”. So here I am getting old as I begin by saying – When I was a kid in […]
PARSHAS CHUKAS 5775
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Chukas 9 Tamuz 5775/ June 26, 2015 Pirkei Avos – Chapter 5 A few summers ago I was invited to co-star in a video entitled “The Do and Don’ts of Shana Rishona (first year of marriage)”. While the video hasn’t yet won an Oscar (or even a Big […]
PARSHAS KORACH 5775
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Korach 2 Tamuz 5775/ June 19, 2015 Pirkei Avos – Chapter 4 A number of years ago the infant daughter of one of close friends and colleagues suddenly took ill and had to be hospitalized. His wife stayed in the hospital round the clock with their baby while […]
PARSHAS SHELACH 5775
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Shelach 25 Sivan 5775/ June 12, 2015 Mevorchim Chodesh Tamuz – Pirkei Avos – Chapter 3 A number of years ago a friend mentioned to me that there was a shul not too far from me that was looking to hire a chazzan to lead the davening on […]