PARSHAS RE’EH 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Re’eh 26 Menachem Av 5774/August 22, 2014 Pirkei Avos – Perek 6 — Mevorchim Chodesh Elul After two exciting months of non-stop action and activities, the bustle of camp has been stilled, and another great camp season has come to an end. Campers and staff have returned […]
PARSHAS EIKEV 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Eikev Pirkei Avos – Perek 5 — 19 Menachem Av 5774/August 15, 2014 During the last few weeks, when I or one of my editors read something I typed we noticed that the same mistake keeps surfacing – I missed a ‘u’. In fact, two weeks ago […]
PARSHAS VAESCHANAN/SHABBOS NACHAMU 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vaeschanan/Shabbos Nachamu Pirkei Avos – Perek 4 — 12 Menachem Av 5774/August 8, 2014 A number of years ago, one of our children had been learning about the importance of prayer, turned to Chani and said, “Mommy, could you daven that Hashem take away my hiccups.” It […]
PARSHAS DEVORIM/ SHABBOS CHAZON 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Devorim/Shabbos Chazon Pirkei Avos – Perek 3 — 5 Menachem Av 5774/August 1, 2014 I was eight years young. My mother’s father – my Zaydei – had recently passed away, and I was still trying to come to terms with the concept of death. I was having […]
PARSHAS MASEI 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Masei Pirkei Avos – Perek 2 — 27 Tamuz 5774/July 25, 2014 – Mevorchim Chodesh Menachem Av They just couldn’t be prouder. Twelve years earlier they had undergone the arduous process of making Aliyah, which entailed moving away from much of their family and friends. They had […]
PARSHAS MATOS 5768
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Matos Pirkei Avos – Perek 1 — 20 Tamuz 5774/July 18, 2014 It was practically a tradition in our home. When my father would see myself or my brothers the first time after we got a haircut, he would gently waft his hand through the back of […]
PARSHAS PINCHAS 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Pinchos Pirkei Avos – Perek 6 — 13 Tamuz 5774/July 11, 2014 This year Camp Dora Golding built a magnificent Shul/Bais Medrash in the heart of its 156 acre campus. The area around the perimeter of the shul was roped off so that the grass which was […]
PARSHAS BALAK 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Balak Pirkei Avos – Perek 5 — 6 Tamuz 5774/July 4, 2014 After the failure of the Articles of Confederation to adequately govern the new young nation in 1781, a new constitution was needed. On May 25, 1787 the Constitutional Convention opened in Philadelphia, in what is […]
Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Chukas 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Chukas Pirkei Avos – Perek 4 — 29 Sivan (Erev Rosh Chodesh Tamuz) 5774/June 27, 2014 250! That’s an impressive number! It was a great feeling when I realized that this is the 250th Rabbi’s Musings column that I have written. It is an added honor that […]
PARSHAS KORACH 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Korach Pirkei Avos – Perek 3 — 22 Sivan 5774/June 20, 2014 During my years in yeshiva Shaarei Torah a mentally unstable fellow named Moshe would at times circulate the yeshiva. At times he even sat in on a high-level gemara shiur and would offer his (nonsensical) […]