KI SAVO 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Ki Savo 17 Elul 5771/September 16, 2011 — Pirkei Avos – Chapter 3 & 4 What a tzaddik I am! Or at least that’s the way it must have appeared. I walked out of my house one crisp Sunday morning in late October last year, heading towards […]
KI SEITZEI 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Ki Seitzei 10 Elul 5771/September 9, 2011 — Pirkei Avos – Chapter 2 A rebbe recounted that one day last year there was a large map spread out across his desk. A student was gazing at it fascinatingly for a few moments before he remarked, “Wow rebbe; […]
Shoftim 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Shoftim 3 Elul 5771/September 2, 2011 — Pirkei Avos – Chapters 1& 2 I’m not really sure who invited her but, invitation or not, Irene burst across the East Coast with a fury this past week. No one knew for certain the course the storm would take, […]
RE’EH 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Re’eh 26 Menachem Av 5771/August 26, 2011 — Pirkei Avos – Chapter 6 Shabbos Mevorchim Chodesh Elul Camp is an amazing place. In a certain sense it’s a fantasy land where a camper can spend all day with friends, have a slumber party every night, and play […]
EIKEV 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Eikev 17 Menachem Av 5771/August 17, 2011 — Pirkei Avos – Chapter 5 I once had the opportunity to hear a former governor of New Jersey speak at a dinner. He quoted Ben Franklin who referred to New Jersey as ‘a valley of humility between the haughty […]
SHABBOS NACHAMU VAESCHANAN 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vaeschanan/Nachamu 12 Menachem Av 5771/August 12, 2011 — Pirkei Avos – Chapter 4 Someone sent me a cute article which contrasts the value of something, based on who is holding it. “A basketball in my hands is worth about twenty dollars; the basketball in the hands of […]
SHABBOS CHAZON DEVORIM 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Devorim – Shabbos Chazon 5 Menachem Av 5771/August 5, 2011 — Pirkei Avos – Chapter 3 I was asked why I have not made any mention of the horrible Leiby Kletsky tragedy that the Jewish world is still reeling from. The answer is quite simply that I […]
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 […]