“Thank You”. Yes indeed, “Thank You”. These Parshos reiterate and enumerate the building of the Mishkan and the manufacturing of the Bigdei Kehunah. In Parshas Pekudei, when Bnai Yisroel completed the building of the Mishkan and Bigdei Kehunah, the Posuk tells us: “Va’Yi’re Moshe Es Kol Ha’melochoh Ve’Heenai Osuh Oy’soh Ka’Asher Tzee’voh Hashem Keyn Osuh, [...]
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Parshos Va’Yakhel-Pekudei: The Mishkan Was Built With These Two Words.
Posted in Hadracha, Hashkafa, Parshas Hashavua, Torah, tagged avodas Hashem, bitachon, Chinuch, emunah, hakoras hatov, Harav shimshon pincus, Torah on March 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Parshas Ki Sisah: What’s In Your Wallet?
Posted in Chinuch, Hadracha, Hashkafa, Parshas Hashavua, Torah, tagged Atonement, avodas Hashem, bitachon, Census, Chinuch, emunah, Harav shimshon pincus, Hashem, Hashkafa, Hatzoloh, Hatzolos Nefoshos, Kaparah, Kedusha, mitzvos, Nefesh, Parnassah, Shekel HaKodesh, simcha, spirituality, Torah, Tzedakah on February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A popular Ad/Commercial playing nowadays in the secular media is from a well-known Bank that touts the benefits of owning their credit card and all of the wonderful products and services you can purchase with it; their hook tag line is the question, “What’s in Your Wallet”. It’s certainly a catchy phrase designed to increase [...]
Parshas Tezaveh: Do Clothes Make The Man Or Man Make The Fashion?
Posted in Chinuch, Hadracha, Hashkafa, Parshas Hashavua, Torah, tagged Bigdei Kehuna, Chinuch, Harav shimshon pincus, Hashkafa, Neshamah, Shatnez, Tzitsis, Tznius on February 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Is the question often posed by the fashion cognoscenti in the secular Fashion capitals of the world; Paris, Rome, Milan, and Madison Avenue. Their answers and the “fashionable” clothes they manufacture cater to and elicit from the baser human instincts. Le’Havdil, our Torah Hakedosha takes a different perspective. In this weeks Parsha, Hashem commands Moshe: [...]
Children At Play
Posted in Chinuch, tagged Chinuch on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In Ofakim where we live, there is a big playground for children right outside our window. This park is literally in the courtyard of many of the frum familes living in our enclave. On Shabboss afternoon, the park is full of Yiddisher Kinderlach, Kein Yirbu! One day a member of our Kehilla approached me with [...]
Proper Chinuch Means Being Pro-active
Posted in Chinuch, Shabboss, tagged Chinuch, chinuch habanim, mechanech, ofakim, proper parenting on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We have no time to be mechanech our children today! We are always angry with our children. We know how to tell them don’t do this, don’t do that…we reproach them and admonish them when they do something bad….we are perfectly reactive parents! How about being mechanech them properly in the first place, to teach [...]
Dieting and Chinuch Have Much In Common!
Posted in Hadracha, tagged Chinuch, dieting, jewish dieting on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To diet, is a beracha here in America. In fact, if the concept of dieting didn’t exist, people would literally eat themselves into oblivion. When it comes to dieting, the key to success is to eat and not stay hungry. When you eat right, you lose weight. However, when you force yourself into starvation, you [...]
