YOM KIPPUR 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh/Yom Kippur 9 Tishrei 5771/September 17, 2010 “Yom Kippur… does not atone for sins between people… until he asks his (friend) forgiveness.” –Rambam (Hilchos Teshuva 2:9) Moshe: Hey D? Dovid: s’up? Moshe: NM – U? Dovid: K Moshe: U home for Y’Kppur? Dovid: Yeah Moshe: Moichel me? Dovid: OK […]
ROSH HASHANAH 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Rosh Hashanah of 5771 29 Elul 5770/ /September 8, 2010 A number of years ago someone asked our (then) four year old son Shalom if he would be going to shul on Rosh Hashanah. At first Shalom replied that he was not, but when Chani reassured him that he was […]
PARSHIOS NETZOVIM-VAYELECH 5770
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshios Netzovim-Vayelech – Avos perakim 5-6 23 Elul 5770/ /September 3, 2010 Every parent has their own mode of parenting upon which their children love to reflect on and laugh about when they reach adulthood. One of my father’s classic idiosyncrasies was that when he would confiscate something […]
PARSHAS KI SAVO 5770
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Ki Savo – Avos perakim 3-4 17 Elul 5770/ /August 27, 2010 So there I was, two weeks before Rosh Hashana, cleaning for Pesach! Now I am well aware that there are certain women who would be unimpressed with such a statement, as they have been begun […]
PARSHAS KI SEITZI 5770
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Ki Seitzai– Avos perek 2 10 Elul 5770/ /August 20, 2010 Many summers ago, when I was a camper there was a camper in the bunk next door who was a bit of a bully. One day a few of my friends were playing basketball on the […]
PARSHAS SHOFTIM 5770
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Shoftim– Avos perek 1 3 Elul 5770/ /August 13, 2010 Camp Dora Golding in East Stroudsburg, PA boasts 156 acres of property. During the previous decade and a half tremendous effort has been expended to beautify and utilize the grounds as much as possible. About two weeks […]
PARSHAS RE’EH 5770
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Re’eh – Avos perek 6 Shabbos Mevarchim Chodesh ELUL 26 Av 5770/ /August 6, 2010 Dedicated in honor of Yehuda Hertzberg On August 29, 1911, the Mona Lisa, Leonardo di Vinci’s most famous painting, was stolen from the Louvre in Paris. For a week the museum was […]
PARSHAS EIKEV 5770
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Eikev – Avos perek 5 19 Av 5770/ /July 30, 2010 It was Visiting Day in Camp Dora Golding one year ago and the campus was packed with excited parents and children, who were catching up with each other. An elderly man sat down on my Gator […]
Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Devorim “Shabbos Chazon” 5770
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Devorim “Shabbos Chazon” – Avos perek 3 5Av 5770/ /July 16, 2010 This Sunday, 7 Av, is the yahrtzeit of the Nesivas Shalom, Rabbi Shalom Noach Brazovsky zt’l, the Slonimer Rebbe (1911-2000). For the past year during shalosh seudos in shul each Shabbos afternoon, we studied together […]
Parshios Matos-Masei 5770
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshios Matos-Masei– Avos perek 2 27 Tamuz 5770/ /July 9, 2010 Did you ever hear anyone described as a “typical New Yorker”? Exactly what is it that makes someone a “typical New Yorker?” The way I see it, it means that although he might know in the back […]