PARSHAS KI SETZEI 5772
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS KI SETZEI “THE GREATEST GIFT” “The greatest gift you can give your child is the love you give your spouse! The harmony and security created in a home that contains peace and harmony is the most nurturing […]
PARSHAS SHOFTIM 5772
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS SHOFTIM “THE OTHER GUY” Rabbi Yisroel Klein was a saintly Jew from Yerushalayim who passed away in his mid 80’s. While the family was sitting shiva, a steady stream of visitors came to pay their respects to Rabbi Klein. […]
PARSHAS RE’EH 5772
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS RE’EH “THE IMPOVERISHED” The obligation to set aside the mandated tithes, and to give charity regularly are basic tenets in the life of a Jew. The Torah instructs us, “You shall tithe the entire crop of your planting, the […]
PARSHAS EIKEV 5772
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS EIKEV 5772 “THANKS FOR EVERYTHING” Rabbi Yehuda Halevi was born in Toledo, Spain in the latter part of the eleventh century. He learned Torah from some of the greatest scholars of his time, most notably Rabbi Yitzchak Alfasi, the […]
PARSHAS VAESCHANAN 5772
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAESCHANAN 5772 SHABBOS NACHAMU “SUBMISSION AND GRATITUDE” On a cold icy day in late March 2007, a van of high school girls on their way to school was driving down the highway. Suddenly, the van skidded and in […]
PARSHAS DEVORIM SHABBOS CHAZON 5772
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS DEVORIM SHABBOS CHAZON 5772 “IT’S ALL IN THE APPROACH” On one occasion, the Chofetz Chaim, Rabbi Yisroel Meir Hakohain Kagan zt’l, was traveling on a train together with Rabbi Meir Don Plotzky zt’l, the Keli Chemdah. At one of […]
PARSHIOS MATOS-MASEI 5772
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHIOS MATOS-MASEI 5772 “FACE THE MUSIC” Rabbi Shalom Schwadron zt’l, the great Maggid of Yerushalayim, related the following parable: There was an ignorant farmer who decided to visit the big city for the first time. When he arrived at the […]
PARSHAS PINCHAS 5772
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar Sign up to receive Stam Torah via email each week at: STAM TORAH PARSHAS PINCHAS 5772 “BALANCING PRIORITIES” Rabbi Yitzchok Elchonon Spektor zt’l, the great Kovno Rav, once reprimanded a man who had chastised a group of community members for transgressing certain […]
PARSHAS BALAK 5772
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS BALAK 5772 “PRESTIGE AND CORRUPTION” A politician, under strong pressure from a political advisor, finally acquiesced to recant some of his views. When the politician met his advisor, the advisor smiled warmly, “I am happy to see that […]
PARSHAS CHUKAS 5772
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS CHUKAS 5772 “A WHOLE PEACE” A young man was in the process of registering his son in a local Yeshiva. Before he finished the process, he received a phone call from an irate relative who proceeded to […]