PARSHAS CHAYEI SARAH 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor Stam Torah is lovingly dedicated to the memory of my Zaydei, Rav Yaakov Meir Kohn zt’l, R’ Yaakov Meir ben R’ Yosef Yitzchok, whose yahrtzeit is Monday, 27 MarCheshvan. STAM TORAH PARSHAS CHAYEI SARAH 5776 “CHARACTER ANALYSIS” […]
PARSHAS VAYERA 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com Stam Torah is lovingly dedicated to the memory of my Savta, Mrs. Minnie Staum, Shprintza bas Avrohom Yitzchok, whose yahrtzeit is this Friday, 17 MarCheshvan. STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYERA 5776 “UNDER THE TREE” Rabbi Yisroel Lipkin of Salant zt’l, was once in the home of an assimilated Jew in […]
PARSHAS LECH LECHA 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com This week’s Stam Torah is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend Howard Israel a’h, Chaim Yisroel Pinchos ben Moshe Aharon, whose yahrtzeit is this Sunday – 12 Cheshvan. STAM TORAH PARSHAS LECH LECHA 5776 “TESTING THE LIMITS” Dear Cecil I’ve noticed that when people want to “prove” […]
PARSHAS NOACH 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com STAM TORAH PARSHAS NOACH 5776 “WHEN IT’S ALL OVER” A young Rabbi, who was a student of the Telsher Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Mordechai Gifter zt’l, once approached Rabbi Gifter and said that he had been invited to be the guest lecturer in an out-of-town community. He wanted to know […]
PARSHAS BEREISHIS 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com STAM TORAH BEREISHIS 5776 “SLY AND CROOKED” Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway, NY is an upstanding Torah institution, educating hundreds of students. Some of the Rabbeim in the yeshiva, who reside in Brooklyn and travel to Far Rockaway, drive a carpool of students who live in Brooklyn to and […]
SUCCOS 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com STAM TORAH SUCCOS 5776 “JOY OF VINDICATION” “We danced round and round in circles As if the world had done no wrong From evening until morning Filling up the shul with song Though we had no Sifrei Torah To clutch close to our hearts In their place we held […]
PARSHAS HA’AZINU 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS HA’AZINU 5776 “IN YOU ALONE” A troubled man once approached the great tzaddik Rabbi Mordechai of Nashchiz. “Rebbe, please help me! I have a fatal disease and the doctors say they can do […]
YOM KIPPUR 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com STAM TORAH YOM KIPPUR 5776 “TRUE DESIRE” INMATE SUES HIMSELF FOR $5 MILLION Associated Press Published: Sunday, April 9, 1995 12:00 a.m. MDT An inmate who claimed he violated his own civil rights by getting arrested filed a $5 million lawsuit against himself – then asked the state […]
PARSHAS VAYELECH SHABBOS “SHUVA YISROEL” 5776
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Strivinghigher.com STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYELECH SHABBOS “SHUVA YISROEL” 5776 “THE ONLY TRUE BAROMETER” On January 23, 1996, Pastor Joe Wright was invited to open the new session of the Kansas House of Representatives. It was expected that he would recite a moving prayer and then step down. However, according to an […]
ROSH HASHANA 5775
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH ROSH HASHANA 5775 “TO BE A BEE OR NOT TO BE A BEE” “Dip the apple in the honey; Make a b’racha (blessing) loud and clear Shana Tova Umesuka; Have a happy, sweet new year” […]