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) […]
PARSHAS SHELACH 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Shelach Pirkei Avos – Perek 2 — 15 Sivan 5774/June 13, 2014 Remember the winter? The truth is, I don’t think anyone in the United States is going to forget this winter too quickly. For over four months it seemed like every day it was either frigidly […]
SHAVUOS/ PARSHAS BEHA’ALOSCHA 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shavuos – Z’man Matan Toraseinu – 5 Sivan 5774/June 3, 2014 Before Shabbos this week I asked our son Shalom if he turned off his alarm clock so that it wouldn’t go off on Shabbos morning. He assured me that he did. Somehow the alarm clock sprang to life anyway […]
PARSHAS NASO/SHAVUOS 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Naso Pirkei Avos – Perek 6 — Rosh Chodesh Sivan 5774/May 30, 2014 – 45th day of the Omer (The following is a thought from Rabbi Leibel Chaitovsky – ASHAR – May 2014:) During the summer, in camp I have one of the most coveted toys; a […]
PARSHAS BAMIDBAR 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Bamidbar Pirkei Avos – Perek 5 — 23 Iyar 5774/May 23, 2014 – 38th day of the Omer Before I left to Eretz Yisroel prior to Chanukah a few months ago, I asked a rebbe of mine if there was anyone particular I should try to make […]
PARSHAS BECHUKOSAI – LAG BA’OMER 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Bechukosai – Shabbas Chazak! Pirkei Avos – Perek 4 — 16 Iyar 5774/May 16, 2014 – 31st day of the Omer This past Shabbos I had the pleasure of participating in the Torah Umesorah Convention at the Split Rock Resort in the Pocono Mountains. The convention […]
PARSHAS BEHAR 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Behar Pirkei Avos – Perek 3 — 9 Iyar 5774/May 9, 2014 Every generation loves to tell the subsequent generations how different things were ‘back when I was a kid’. One of the things my generation will tell our grandchildren is that when we were kids the […]
PARSHAS EMOR 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Emor Pirkei Avos – Perek 2 — 2 Iyar 5774/May 2, 2014 On the final day of Pesach, at the beginning of my pre-Yizkor derasha I related that Mickey Mantle, the legendary Yankees slugger, once recounted his recurring nightmare. “Ever since I retired I keep having […]
PARSHAS KEDOSHIM 5774
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Kedoshim Pirkei Avos – Perek 1 – Shabbos Mevorchim Chodesh Iyar 24 Nissan 5774/April 24, 2014 On Erev Yom Tov last week as we were getting into our car I noticed that one of the back tires was low. I headed over to the local mechanic, […]