Category: Lectures

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…

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 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   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,…

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: 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?  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 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…