PARSHIOS CHUKAS-BALAK 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar L’zecher nishmas Leah ben R’ Avrohom a’h STAM TORAH PARSHIOS CHUKAS-BALAK 5773 “A VISION BEYOND” It wasn’t much of an island, but at least it was dry land, and he was alive. He shuddered as he recounted the violent tempest that had […]
PARSHAS KORACH 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch STAM TORAH PARSHAS KORACH 5773 “WHO YOU FOOLING” In the End1 In the end, man destroyed the heaven and the earth. The earth had been tossing and turning, and the destructive spirit of man had been hovering over the face of the waters. And […]
PARSHAS SHELACH 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch L’zecher nishmas Ephraim Mordechai ben R’ Moshe Yitzchok Hakohain Yarmush a’h, a dear friend whose yahrtzeit is this Shabbos, 23 Sivan. STAM TORAH PARSHAS SHELACH 5773 “IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER1” In his incredibly inspiring memoir, Out of the Depths, Rav Yisroel Meir […]
PARSHAS BEHA’ALOSCHA 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch STAM TORAH PARSHAS BEHA’ALOSCHA 5773 “WHO YOU GONNA CALL1” In December 1944, the retreating Nazi forces launched a surprise counter-offensive against the Allied forces in Europe. During that time there was relentless inclement weather, including fog, clouds, and rain. The United States troops […]
SHAVUOS 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch STAM TORAH SHAVUOS 5773 “THE CURSE OF ANONYMITY[1]” A COLUMBUS DAY POEM BY CHARLES OSGOOD In the year 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. This marvelous Italian fella so impressed Queen Isabella … she underwrote the daring trip every crewman, every […]
PARSHAS BAMIDBAR 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch STAM TORAH PARSHAS BAMIDBAR 5773 “ELITE STAGNANCY” Rabbi Yisroel Reisman[1] related that after a few years of teaching he missed the intensity of learning on his own. He decided to take a year off so that he could sit in […]
PARSHAS BEHAR-BECHUKOASI 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch STAM TORAH PARSHAS BEHAR-BECHUKOASI 5773 “WITHOUT ULTERIOR MOTIVE” When we lived in the Blueberry Hills complex in Monsey, a few years ago we had the opportunity to meet some wonderful families at our Shabbos table. The Bielinki family was one of […]
PARSHAS EMOR 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch STAM TORAH PARSHAS EMOR “KADDISH OR KIDDUSH” To most of the world, Gora-Kalwaria is a small insignificant Polish town twenty miles southeast of Warsaw. In the Torah world however, it is the village of Ger, where the great dynasty […]
PARSHAS ACHREI MOS-KEDOSHIM 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch STAM TORAH PARSHAS ACHREI MOS-KEDOSHIM 5773 “A NAGGING CONSCIENCE” Late one night, Rabbi Yaakov Haber[1] was alone driving down Route 17 toward Monsey. As every driver knows, after dark the desolate highway can provide a perilous trip for the lonely and […]
PARSHAS TAZRIA-METZORA 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS TAZRIA-METZORA 5773 “UNIVERSAL HUMILITY” The coach of Penn State’s football team, Joe Paterno, relates that one day, while looking in the mirror, he asked his wife how many great football coaches she thought there were. She immediately replied, […]