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 […]
BECHUKOSAI 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Bechukosai 16 Iyar 5771/May 20, 2011- 31st Day of the Omer Pirkei Avos – Chapter 4 Osama is dead. “With the destruction of the wicked is joy” (Mishley 11:10) “May the name of the wicked rot.” (Mishley 10:7) The now-famous photo of President Obama and his team […]
BEHAR 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Behar 9 Iyar 5771/May 13, 2011- 24th Day of the Omer Pirkei Avos – Chapter 3 This week Justin Verlander, a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers threw his second career no-hitter, becoming the twenty-sixth pitcher in Baseball history to do so. Does that make Verlander one of […]
EMOR 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Emor 2 Iyar 5771/May 6, 2011- 17th Day of the Omer Last week after Pesach was over I was doing some pre-Shabbos shopping with our eight year old son Shalom. While we were driving to the store we were listening to the weather report which called for […]