PURIM/PARSHAS TZAV 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch http://www.stamtorah.info STAM TORAH PURIM/PARSHAS TZAV 5776 “JOY RENEWED” After defeating the Red Coats and ousting the British in 1781, the colonists were faced with the daunting task of revising their system of government. The original system, the Articles of Confederation, was a […]
PARSHAS VAYIKRA/ZACHOR 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYIKRA/ZACHOR 5776 “THE FISTFUL” In 1940, the Nazi war machine was a virtually unstoppable force. It had already annexed Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Alsace-Lorraine without firing a single bullet. Then beginning in September 1938 they […]
PARSHAS PEKUDEI 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch STAM TORAH PARSHAS PEKUDEI 5776 “FORGE ON” “There is a cemetery not far from my house, with graves that date back to the nineteenth century. I have never seen anyone come there to lay a flower. Most people just wander through, read […]
Parshas Vayakhel – Shekalim 5771
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch STAM TORAH VAYAKHEL 5771 “NO CARRY-OVER” February 27, 2010 Changing Face in Poland: Skinhead Puts on Skullcap By DAN BILEFSKY WARSAW — When Pawel looks into the mirror, he can still sometimes see a neo-Nazi skinhead staring back, the man he was before […]
KI SISA 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com STAM TORAH KI SISA 5776 “DIVINE AROMA” “In March 1988, Vendyl Jones and his team of Bnei Noah volunteers found a clay juglet about five inches in height in a cave in Qumran, just west of the northern end of the Yam HaMelach (Dead Sea). The juglet contained a […]
TETZAVEH 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH TETZAVEH 5776 “INTERNAL FLAME” Naftali was a hard-working innkeeper – honest, respected, and well-liked. For years he made a respectable living and made sure to pay his rent to the Poritz on time. But then, […]
PARSHAS TERUMAH 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com STAM TORAH PARSHAS TERUMAH 5776 “THE UNDERLYING TRUTH” “Papa’s favorite expression was, “I am a soldier of the Boss, and I obey His commands.[1]” “He was concerned with every phase of Jewish religious life in America. Papa’s indomitable courage, and his willingness to take up the defense of Yiddishkeit […]
PARSHAS MISHPATIM 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com STAM TORAH PARSHAS MISHPATIM 5776 “THE EAR THAT HEARD” ———————————————————————————– I have studied many times The marble which was chiseled for me— A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor. In truth it pictures not my destination But my life. For love was offered me and I […]
PARSHAS YISRO 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com STAM TORAH PARSHAS YISRO 5776 “THE PERVASIVE KVETCH” Martin comes to Dr. Saul, the veterinarian, with his dog. “Doctor, you gotta help my dog; he’s got a real problem.” The doctor looks at the aging canine and asks, “What’s the problem?” Martin replies, “Well doc, he’s a Jewish dog. […]
PARSHAS BESHALACH/SHABBOS SHIRAH / TU B’SHVAT 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com STAM TORAH PARSHAS BESHALACH/SHABBOS SHIRAH TU B’SHVAT 5776 “SONG OF VALUES” During the 1990s a Jewish advertising executive in New York had an epiphany[1]. If he could get funding to advertise the time for lighting Shabbos candles each Friday in the New York Times – considered the world’s most prestigious […]