PARSHAS TOLDOS 5772
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Toldos/ Mevarchim Chodesh Kislev 28 MarCheshvan 5772/November 25, 2011 This past Sunday morning as I was delivering my weekly Rambam shiur after shacharis, my family neighbor from my youth, R’ Akiva Lane, walked in and sat down to listen. At the end of the shiur, he handed […]
PARSHAS CHAYEI SARAH
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Chayei Sarah 21 MarCheshvan 5772/November 18, 2011 I’m sure it’s happened to almost everyone at one time or another. You’re sitting at some sort of reception or simcha schmoozing with a friend, when you start to feel thirsty. A quick perusal of the table and you notice […]
PARSHAS VAYERA 5772
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vayera 14 MarCheshvan 5772/November 11, 2011 Natti was your typical American yeshiva boy. He was born in 1943 and raised in his native Chicago in the world of baseball and hotdogs. He was the starting center on his high school basketball team, Ida Crown Jewish Academy. In […]
PARSHAS LECH LECHA 5772
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Lech Lecha 7 MarCheshvan 5772/November 4, 2011 Do you have that one friend who always seems to be one step behind? He’s the person who is very sincere but a bit too gullible (the one who believes you when you tell him that they took the word […]
PARSHAS NOACH 5772
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Noach /Rosh Chodesh MarCheshvan 30 Tishrei 5772/October 28, 2011 Yom Tov is truly a special time. The special tefillos, the meals, the songs, the meals, the camaraderie, the meals, extra time with the family, the meals, and of course the delicious meals. Chol Hamoed also provides a […]
HOSHANAH RABBAH 5772
Download the original attachment Hoshanah Rabbah 5772 21 Tishrei 5772/October 19, 2011 In our home, Children’s Tapes are very important. More than anything else, we kick off the holiday season with the familiar sounds of certain Children’s Tapes being played. Of course there are certain tapes which seem to be played all year round. [Last […]
SUCCOS 5772
Download the original attachment Erev Z’man Simchasaynu 5772 14 Tishrei 5772/October 12, 2011 Ever since they enslaved our ancestors for over two centuries a few millennia ago, we have never trusted our neighbors down in Egypt. We remind ourselves of that fact every year when we celebrate the holiday of Pesach. But this year the […]
YOM KIPPUR 5772
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos/Yom Kippur 5772 9 Tishrei 5772/October 7, 2011 A family friend once remarked to me that Yom Kippur is her favorite day of the year. Then she added with a half-smile, “I don’t even know why I love it so much. I hate fasting, yet I love the day. Am […]
ROSH HASHANAH 5772
Download the original attachment Erev ‘Rosh Hashanah 5772’ 29 Elul 5771/September 28, 2011 What is it about songs and music that makes them so contagious? Did you ever find yourself singing a song that you realized was in your head because you heard someone humming it when you walked past them a few hours earlier? […]
NETZOVIM-VAYELECH 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshios Netzavim- Vayelech 24 Elul 5771/September 23, 2011 — Pirkei Avos – Chapter 5 & 6 During the last day or two of camp when I wake up my divisions, I jokingly tell them that they better get out of bed because if they miss the bus home […]