MASEI 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Masei 27 Tamuz 5771/July 29, 2011 — Pirkei Avos – Chapter 2 Everyone knows that ‘Almost doesn’t count!” Almost winning the championship, almost finishing a job, almost closing the deal, almost getting into a school, almost accomplishing your goals, is all said to not count, because if […]
MATOS 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Matos 20 Tamuz 5771/July 22, 2011 — Pirkei Avos – Chapter 1 As we all know, our children are our greatest gifts and every child is priceless. What wouldn’t we do or give for our children! But, we also all know that like anything of value they […]
PINCHOS 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Pinchos 13 Tamuz 5771/July 15, 2011 — Pirkei Avos – Chapter 6 Warren Harding was not a particularly intelligent man. He was not particularly distinguished politically either. He was vague and ambivalent on matters of policy. His speeches were once described as ‘an army of pompous phrases […]
BALAK 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Balak 6 Tamuz 5771/July 8, 2011 —-Pirkei Avos – Chapter 5 This Musing is dedicated in honor of A. M. who was an inspiration for these thoughts. I’m not sure who coined the term, but it has definitely become a cliché. Some people view the term as […]
CHUKAS 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Chukas/Erev Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 29 Sivan 5771/June 30, 2011—-Pirkei Avos – Chapter 4 I’m sure everyone has had the frustrating experience of looking for something inexpensive and fairly common that nobody seems to have just when you need it. [Ever need change of a dollar for a […]
KORACH 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Korach 22 Sivan 5771/June 24, 2011 Pirkei Avos – Chapter 3 I know people are busy so I’m going to try to keep this short. The month of June is a wonderful time of year. By now the flowers and leaves are in full bloom, and summer […]
Shelach 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Shelach 15 Sivan 5771/June 17, 2011 Pirkei Avos – Chapter 2 “Efforts to ban circumcision gain traction.” The aforementioned headline is not a quote from a 1933 German newspaper or a 1920 Russian newspaper. The last two words of the headline read “in California” and is actually […]
SHAVOUS 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Z’man Matan Torasaynu 5 Sivan 5771/June 7, 2011- 49th Day of the Omer Perhaps you heard about a major event that took place a few weeks ago in London. A million people were on hand while an estimated two billion people in more than 180 countries around the world watched […]
NASO 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Naso Rosh Chodesh Sivan 5771/June 3, 2011- 45th Day of the Omer Pirkei Avos – Chapter 6 Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner zt’l would say that a conversation he once overheard between two young boys made him realize just how entrenched we are in American culture. A boy was […]
BAMIDBAR 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Bamidbar 23 Iyar 5771/May 27, 2011- 38th Day of the Omer Pirkei Avos – Chapter 5 There may be justifiable fear of shortages of natural resources, shortages of space for the burgeoning world population, and shortages of programs and funds to help all those who need. But […]