PARSHAS BO 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS BO 5773 “NATIONAL LABOR PAINS” One day a man was walking in the woods when he noticed the cocoon of a butterfly. It was a most spectacular sight and the man stopped to marvel at it. Each day […]
PARSHAS VA’ERA 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS VA’ERA 5773 “HAIL THE RAIN” Rabbi Avigdor Miller zt’l was a respected and revered leader in the Torah world. He was legendary for his lectures in which he animatedly expounded upon the beauty of the world, the […]
PARSHAS SHEMOS 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS SHEMOS 5773 “A LESSON UNLEARNED” The Rodazover Rebbe had a dedicated chassid who was childless. The chassid frequently begged the Rebbe to bless him that he merit a child. Although the Rebbe gave him numerous heartfelt blessings, they […]
PARSHAS VAYECHI 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYECHI 5773 “THE LIGHT IN THE TUNNEL” Rav Shmelke of Nikolsberg once approached his Rebbe, Rav Dov Ber, the great Maggid of Mezhritch, with the following question: The Mishna[1] states that one must bless G-d for the bad […]
PARSHAS VAYIGASH 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYIGASH 5773 “WHAT ABOUT ME” A photographer was once describing to his friend the extreme poverty of a poor Native-American hamlet. “The women were pregnant, the children were sick and malnourished, and the men had no work. So […]
PARSHAS MIKETZ/CHANUKAH 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS MIKETZ/CHANUKAH 5773[1] “FUTILE MASSES” June 1942 was an ominous and perilous time. On all fronts the Axis powers seemed unstoppable. After their successful attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese conquered the Philippine islands, and then Hong Kong, Burma, […]
PARSHAS VAYESHEV/CHANUKAH 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYESHEV/CHANUKAH 5773 “YOU NEVER KNOW[1]” As a five-year-old child in a Polish village, Laizer Halberstam violated an unwritten rule by befriending a young Polish gentile neighbor. The two of them swapped stamps, coins, and one fateful day, they decided […]
PARSHAS VAYISHLACH 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYISHLACH 5773 “LIFE OF GROWTH[1]” In an article written two years ago, Roy S. Neuberger, noted author and lecturer, related the following story: “Several years ago, I had the privilege to meet Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum zt’l, the late Rosh […]
PARSHAS VAYETZEI 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYETZEI 5773 “MAINTAIN YOUR BRIDGES” I have often thought it peculiar that Americans publicize their own fallacies. While they might not wear their deficiencies on their sleeves per se, they definitely advertise one of their most core problems on […]
PARSHAS TOLDOS 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS TOLDOS 5773 “SAME OLD ME[1]” Sir Moses Montefiore[2] was one of the most famous British Jews of the 19th century. He was born in Leghorn, Italy and grew up in London. In 1827, he made his first visit to Eretz […]