PARSHAS KI SETZEI 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Ki Setzei 10 Elul 5774/September 5, 2014 Pirkei Avos – Perek 2 How many taxes are filed on the night of April 14? Just ask all the accountants who come to the Seder bleary eyed. And how many people file for extensions and don’t complete them until […]
PARSHAS SHOFTIM 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Shoftim 3 Elul 5774/August 29, 2014 Pirkei Avos – Perek 1 One year when we arrived home in August after being away in camp for two months we found that our air conditioner wasn’t working adequately. The way I saw it, the big air conditioning machine thingy […]
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 […]