http://blog.thefoundationstone.org Learn & discover the Divine prophecies with Rabbi Simcha Weinberg from The Foundation Stone Blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:26:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/29/the-family-moves-part-four-who%e2%80%99s-in-charge/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/29/the-family-moves-part-four-who%e2%80%99s-in-charge/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:14:07 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6308 We have come full circle with the Master of Memory back to his dreams, and his guiding his brothers to restore their relationship with each other and with Jacob, and all the way back to Adam just outside the entrance to the Garden. “Listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of grain out [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/29/the-family-moves-part-four-who%e2%80%99s-in-charge/feed/ 2 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/27/a-fathers-lesson/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/27/a-fathers-lesson/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:31:17 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6282 “Emotions are the most basic form of communication between children & parents (Rav Noach Orloweck).” “And they told him, saying, ‘Joseph is still alive,’ also that he is ruler over all the land of Egypt; but his heart was full of daggers, for he could not believe them (Genesis 45:26).” “Joseph is still alive,” is a direct [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/27/a-fathers-lesson/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/spiritual-tools-tzitzit-from-chanukah-to-the-tenth-of-tevet/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/spiritual-tools-tzitzit-from-chanukah-to-the-tenth-of-tevet/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:55:13 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6258 Tzitzit are always associated with light; they are even described as Clothes of Light. In this, they are also associated with Hanukkah, the Festival of Light. When we hold our Tzitzit during the Shema, we hold all four corners in our hands so that we are surrounded by Light. This is a perfect Kavanah to [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/spiritual-tools-tzitzit-from-chanukah-to-the-tenth-of-tevet/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/10/10/a-willow-is-not-an-aravah/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/10/10/a-willow-is-not-an-aravah/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:45:31 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=1279 A rose may be a rose, but a willow is not an Aravah: It is Succot for me whenever I drive on a road through trees. No matter the time of year, I am on the lookout for kosher Aravot – Willows – for my Lulav and Hoshanot. There are magnificent Aravot in Dobb’s Ferry, but [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/10/10/a-willow-is-not-an-aravah/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/04/ki-teitzei-rembrandt/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/04/ki-teitzei-rembrandt/#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:09:47 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=2965 Years ago I read a book by Anthony Storr, “Churchill’s Blackdog and Kafka’s Mice,” an exploration of how mental illness plays a role in creativity and achievement. Dr. Storr describes how Churchill’s battle with depression empowered him to assume the role of prime minister in the darkest time in Britain’s history. Young Winston decided [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/04/ki-teitzei-rembrandt/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/20/the-music-of-halacha-kashering/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/20/the-music-of-halacha-kashering/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:54:43 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=5748 Dear Rabbi Weinberg; I have heard you say on numerous occasions that the laws of Kashering are a guide to repairing spiritual damage. Since the laws of Kashering are in this week’s Parsha, Matos, “Everything that comes into fire, you shall pass through fire and it will be purified (Numbers 31:23),” I was wondering where [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/20/the-music-of-halacha-kashering/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/20/planning-my-revenge/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/20/planning-my-revenge/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:03:05 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=5738 (Summer 1992) I went to pick up Oriel who attended camp only until 1PM, and noticed that his older brother Betzalel was sulking. I ran over to hug him and ask what was wrong. He told me that one of the counselors had said something cruel to him and he was hurt and very [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/20/planning-my-revenge/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/06/26/gift-wrapped/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/06/26/gift-wrapped/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:07:39 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=5569 In honor of S.S.: “Bind them as a sign upon your arm and let them be Totafot between your eyes. And write them on the doorposts of your house and upon your gates (Devarim 6:8-9).” It is difficult for me to find a gift for my wife; her tastes are measured by “her country,” not Yeshiva [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/06/26/gift-wrapped/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/06/16/the-great-balancers/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/06/16/the-great-balancers/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:46:25 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=2439 Daniel Kahneman, the 2002 Nobel Laureate in Economics is a psychologist, not an economist. He was lecturing to a group of Israeli air force flight instructors on the conventional wisdom of behavior modification and its application to the psychology of flight training. Kahenman drove home the point that rewarding positive behavior works but punishing [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/06/16/the-great-balancers/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/05/05/train-in-the-distance/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/05/05/train-in-the-distance/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 17:33:08 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=5286 What is the point of this story What information pertains The thought that life could be better Is woven indelibly Into our hearts And our brains Paul Simon: Train in the Distance The point of the story of the State of Israel, as is that of the story of the Jewish people, is that we live with the conviction that life [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/05/05/train-in-the-distance/feed/ 0