CHOCHMAS NASHIM: MATOS MASEI: JOURNEY THE LEGACY By: Suri Davis It’s the summer, I’m feeling nostalgic and exhausted from these past months’ journey through the halls of Corona…I prefer Blue Moon…just saying… Summer memories are movies and music…since we are completing the Book of Numbers with the Parshah of Journeys, I thought I’d lean…
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Parshiot Matos Masei
Parshiot Matos Masei By: Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum Rabbi Emeritus, Young Israel Lawrence Cedarhurst Immediately following the debacle of Baal Peor (where Jews clung to idols and idolatrous worship) and following the immoral behavior of thousands of Jewish men who were drawn in lust to Moabite women, the Almighty told Moshe to inflict pain upon the…
Chochmas Nashim: Pinchas: And I Can Do It Myself
Chochmas Nashim: Pinchas:…And I Can Do It Myself By: Suri Davis Once more about our quarantine. At the end of last week’s Torah portion, we see the Midianites’ successful attempt to seduce the Jews into adulterous and idolatrous behavior so that G-d’s anger would fall upon them. A plague breaks out, and Pinchas understanding the…
I Am Not A Robot
I Am Not a Robot Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS What does “I am so done” really mean?! Well, if it were said by a talking chicken for instance it would probably mean -perfectly ready to eat. But, if it is said by the parent of a teen or a couple with marital difficulties,…
Rivki: Zoom
Zoom Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS “Zoom golly golly golly- Zoom golly golly!” I grew up with this being a song that people sang together. Now it’s the way people actually get together, no song necessary! Classes -zoom Meetings -zoom Bar mitzvahs – zoom Even, Weddings-zoom Sure, that’s not new when it comes to…
Chochmas Nashim: Chukat Balak: Sinful Reminiscence
Chochmas Nashim: Sinful Reminiscence By: Suri Davis I was in Macy’s the other day, and found myself in a time warp. There were Easter sale signs out with winter jackets, scarves, hats and gloves beneath. The same at Lord and Taylor and Bloomindales and Century 21. There was one cashier opened on each floor…
Chochmas Nashim: Korach: Hard To Swallow
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: KORACH: HARD TO SWALLOW By: Suri Davis עֲשָׂרָה דְבָרִים נִבְרְאוּ בְּעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת בֵּין הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן, פִּי הָאָרֶץ, וּפִי הַבְּאֵר, וּפִי הָאָתוֹן, וְהַקֶּשֶׁת, וְהַמָּן, וְהַמַּטֶּה, וְהַשָּׁמִיר, וְהַכְּתָב, וְהַמִּכְתָּב, וְהַלּוּחוֹת. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים, אַף הַמַּזִּיקִין, וּקְבוּרָתוֹ שֶׁל משֶׁה, וְאֵילוֹ שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים, אַף צְבָת בִּצְבָת עֲשׂוּיָה: Ten things were created on the eve…
Can We Get It?
Can We Get It? Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS Some things just seem like an oxymoron. Simple problem- If it’s a problem it just ain’t simple! Easy diet – need I even explain? Melted ice- really doesn’t ice mean it’s hard Long wait – when does a wait ever feel short? Great first date – Doesn’t that…
Dear Rabbi Moshe and Rebbetzin Myrna
DEAR RABBI MOSHE AND REBBETZIN MYRNA By: Suri Davis Dear Rabbi Moshe and Rebbetzin Myrna Weinberger: For these past weeks, I have been watching your weekly equisitely charming fireside chats, and looked forward to them every Friday. I rewatched the first couple of episodes this week to remind myself of what we were like…
Chochmas Nashim: B’haalotcha: Whose Hand Is It
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: B’HAALOTCHA: WHOSE HAND IS IT? By: Suri Davis Hehehe, I received two birthday gifts erev Shavuoth. One was the biography of Esther Jungreis ZTL and the other the Melinda Gates book. I suppose I needed some female inspiration. I want to zone in on one story of Rebbetzin’s ancestor The Menuchas…