PARSHAS BO 5774

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/ASHAR STAM TORAH                                   PARSHAS BO 5774 “THE REAL TREASURE” Six years ago on a Sunday evening, the Staum family was sitting together in our Living Room. Our (then) five year old son Shalom was listening intently to a children’s tape which dramatizes the […]

PARSHAS VA’ERA 5768

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/ASHAR STAM TORAH PARSHAS VA’ERA 5768 “FAITH AT NIGHT”           The conditions in the Warsaw ghetto were deplorable. As more and more Jews were forced in from neighboring towns and villages, conditions became increasingly desperate. In addition to starvation, a typhoid epic, caused […]

PARSHAS SHEMOS 5774

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/ASHAR STAM TORAH PARSHAS SHEMOS 5774 “THE KING OF EGYPT” This editorial appeared in the Colorado Gazette Telegraph. It was written by William Atken. Mr. Atken is not a Jew, just as the Telegraph is not a Jewish journal. It was Mr. Atken’s […]

PARSHAS VAYECHI 5774

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/ASHAR STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYECHI 5774 “SACRED UNION” A young man and woman, both of whom had grown up in completely irreligious homes and had struggled mightily to keep Torah and mitzvos, finally stood under the chupah together, preparing to unite as husband […]

PARSHAS VAYIGASH 5768

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/ASHAR STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYIGASH 5768 “THE RULER OF EGYPT” In his book, Life’s Too Short, Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski, relates a powerful story about a woman named Nora, who was attending an Al-Anon group[1]. At one meeting, Nora contrasted the challenges of […]

PARSHAS MIKETZ/CHANUKAH 5774

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/ASHAR STAM TORAH PARSHAS MIKETZ/CHANUKAH 5774 “NATURAL MIRACLES” Francois-Marie Arouet, known to the world as Voltaire, is considered one of France’s greatest writers and philosophers. He was also a fierce and outspoken critic of religion. He considered himself a deist who did not […]

PARSHAS VAYESHEV 5768

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYESHEV 5768 “SHOUT IT IN THE STREETS” In an article entitled, He Belongs to Glasgow, Rabbi Y.Y. Rubinstein relates the following personal anecdote: “Several years ago, I was the joint guest speaker at a fundraising dinner for a Jewish […]

PARSHAS VAYISHLACH 5768

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYISHLACH 5768 “DETAILS! DETAILS!” Dear Rabbi, Why does the Jewish religion seem to obsess over insignificant details?  How much matza do we have to eat, which spoon did I use for milk and which for meat, what is the […]

PARSHAS VAYETZEI 5774

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYETZEI 5774 “SINCERE AND EVERLASTING” “This is a true story! “In my speeches and workshops, I sometimes ask my audiences to shut their eyes and think about someone who, at some point in their lives, has rekindled their inner […]

PARSHAS TOLDOS 5774

Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch STAM TORAH PARSHAS TOLDOS 5774 “LOVE AND WARMTH” In a Yeshiva in Eretz Yisroel, a Rosh Yeshiva had a strong disagreement with the parents of one of his students. The parents ardently felt that their role as parents entailed their being rigid […]