PARSHAS METZORA 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Metzora 4 Nissan 5774/April 4, 2014 Every Wednesday morning when I walk out of my home they’re waiting for me on my driveway: that week’s Hamodia and Jewish Press. Recently, my in laws gave us a gift and we also receive the Yated on Thursday mornings. So […]
PARSHAS TZARIA/HACHODESH 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Tazria – Hachodesh Mevorchim Chodesh Nissan 26 Adar II 5774/March 28, 2014 A few years ago I read a story about a CEO who wanted to motivate his employees, so he hung up a sign over the sink in the office bathroom which simply said “THINK!” He […]
PARSHAS SHEMINI/PARSHAS PARAH 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Shemini- Parah 19 Adar II 5774/March 21, 2014 T’was the night after Shushan Purim, and as I was putting one of our children (who shall remain nameless for the sake of anonymity) into his bed, the sound of scrunching and crunching could be heard. I moved away […]
PARSHAS TZAV – PARSHAS ZACHOR 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Tzav – Zachor 12 Adar II 5774/March 14, 2014 One morning this week, as I walked to my car I saw something yellow sticking out of the mound of piled-up snow at the bottom of our driveway. I pulled it out and found the newspaper from a […]
PARSHAS VAYIKRA 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vayikra 5 Adar II 5774/March 7, 2014 Many of the readers of this brilliant column are aware of our luggage woes. When our family went to Eretz Yisroel in December for my brother’s wedding, only ten of the eleven pieces of luggage we checked in came around […]
PARSHAS PEKUDEI 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Pekudei/Shekalim 28 Adar 5774/February 28, 2014 I haven’t received one of them in some time, but for a number of years I must have received five of them a day. It was those pesky emails which contained either a joke, an attempted inspirational thought, or some silly […]
PARSHAS VAYAKHEL 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vayakhel 21 Adar 5774/February 21, 2014 I’m not really sure if it’s grandparental-amnesia or revenge. Did my mother forget what’s it like to have five young children, or is she now insidiously exacting revenge against me? Last week, my parents were gracious enough to watch three of […]
PARSHAS KI SISA 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Ki Sisa 14 Adar 5774/February 14, 2014 (Written for Ashar’s ‘Ashrei News’) Despite the fact that all of his fellow sixth graders were major sports fans, Eddie didn’t know much about sports. In fact, Eddie didn’t know anything about sports. Eddie was more excited to discuss politics, […]
PARSHAS TETZAVEH 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Tetzaveh 7 Adar 5774/February 7, 2014 It’s one of those things you don’t think about much. If ever you’re driving your car and the windshield gets a bit dirty you squirt some of that windshield cleaner stuff, causing the wipers to spurt to life for a moment, […]
PARSHAS TERUMAH 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Terumah 30 Shevat (1 Rosh Chodesh Adar I) 5774/January 31, 2014 It’s an age-old women’s question: Why when a woman cares for her children is it called ‘watching my kids’, but when a man watches his children he tells everyone he’s babysitting? Hashem created everyone with their […]