PARSHAS VAYISHLACH 5775

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYISHLACH 5775 “A RELENTLESS BATTLE”           A number of years ago, Aish.com, the wonderful website of Aish HaTorah, hosted a powerful one minute video about Dr. Rachamim Melamed-Cohen. I was very inspired by his […]

PARSHAS VAYETZEI 5775

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYETZEI 5775 “WITH LOVE AND DEVOTION”           My Rebbe, Rabbi Berel Wein, often relates: “Shortly after the Israeli war of Independence, I was privileged to hear a lecture from a noted scholar and Torah […]

PARSHAS TOLDOS 5775

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS TOLDOS 5775 GENERATION TO GENERATION” This past Shabbos I experienced a moment of wistful nostalgia. The chazzan who was leading the Musaf services had yahrtzeit[1] for his mother. During the kedusha prayer when it […]

PARSHAS CHAYEI SARAH 5775

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS CHAYEI SARAH 5775 “A BLESSED CONNECTION”           A man once approached Rabbi Mordechai Shulman zt’l, the late Rosh Yeshiva of the Slobodka Yeshiva in B’nei B’rak to seek his advice. The man had a […]

PARSHAS VAYERA 5775

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYERA 5775 “EDUCATION FOR LIFE” This week’s Stam Torah is lovingly dedicated in memory of my Savta (Father’s Mother), Shprintza bas Avrohom Yitzchok, Mrs. Minnie Staum a’h, whose yahrtzeit is 17 Cheshvan. May her […]

PARSHAS LECH LECHA 5775

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS LECH LECHA 5775 “KRISTALL-LEBEN” The Bluzhever Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Spira zt’l, was one of the revered Torah leaders of the previous generation. He was also a survivor of the horrors and travails of the […]

PARSHAS NOACH 5775

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS NOACH 5775 “A FATHER FIGURE” The pre-war Torah community of Telshe, Lithuania boasted the great Telshe Yeshiva[1]. On one occasion, the heads of the Yeshiva as well as the leaders of the community convened […]

PARSHAS BEREISHIS 5775

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH PARSHAS BEREISHIS 5775 “SETTING LIMITS” “Isn’t it ironic that kids whose parents fail to set and enforce limits feel unloved and angry? Although they tend to test and protest, we have learned over and over […]

SUCCOS/HOSHANA RABBAH 5775

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH SUCCOS/HOSHANA RABBAH 5775 “DILUTING THE JUDGMENT” The following thoughts were written in memory of our former neighbor, Mr. Ayeh Leib (Leopold) Joseph:[1] “If rain began falling (into the succah) when is one permitted to leave […]

SUCCOS 5775

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Rebbe/Guidance Counselor – ASHAR Principal – Ohr Naftoli- New Windsor STAM TORAH SUCCOS 5775 “TRANSCENDENT JOY” ·         “Happiness is a Swedish sunset–it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it.” (Mark Twain) ·         “A person tends to be as happy […]