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/2012/01/04/is-israeli-society-unraveling-by-caroline-b-glick/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/04/is-israeli-society-unraveling-by-caroline-b-glick/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:15:09 +0000 developer http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6374 We have far more that unites us than separates us. If we focus on this, there is no force either within or without our society that can defeat us. On balance, Israeli society is extremely healthy. Unemployment is at record lows. At a time of global recession, the Israeli economy is growing steadily. Israeli Jewish women have the [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/04/is-israeli-society-unraveling-by-caroline-b-glick/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/03/strength-from-brokenness/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/03/strength-from-brokenness/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:46:05 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6351 “I had not always believed that strength could come from brokenness, or that the thread of a divine purpose could be seen in tragedy. But I do now (Max Cleland).” (“Seven Levels of Teshuva: Avraham and Healing”) The Torah uses a single verse to teach us that Jacob had a remarkable approach to life. (“A Different [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/03/strength-from-brokenness/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/01/the-lesson-of-the-languages/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/01/the-lesson-of-the-languages/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:37:17 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6328 Debbie’s sister, her husband, son (The Question Machine), and her best friend, all Spanish speakers, have been with us for four days. Michael just returned from studying a year abroad in Argentina, and now speaks more Spanish than English. Basically, I’m under siege. I’ve tried explaining to them that when laying siege, it is preferable [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/01/the-lesson-of-the-languages/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/30/shabbat-prayers-blessings-of-morning-shemah-illuminate-our-eyes/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/30/shabbat-prayers-blessings-of-morning-shemah-illuminate-our-eyes/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:38:40 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6313 “Illuminate our eyes in Your Torah.” The theme we are using this Shabbat is how Shabbat is an experience of the World-to-Come (See: “Kabbalat Shabbat-A Single Utterance”). The Talmud offers two powerful examples of the Special Light of the World-to-Come: “And it shall come to pass in that day that there shall not be light, but [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/30/shabbat-prayers-blessings-of-morning-shemah-illuminate-our-eyes/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/26/the-debt/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/26/the-debt/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:17:03 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6277 In our society, we assume that if someone saves another person’s life, then the person saved owes the person who saved them. However, in some societies, the opposite is true, the person who is saved is owed by the person who saved them. In fact, in some societies, if someone saves another’s life, he is [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/26/the-debt/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/26/every-man-for-himself/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/26/every-man-for-himself/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:56:51 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6272 “Say the word and I’ll turn you loose I got mine now you get yours Just like you I’ve got my price Sure is nice that someone paid I’ve got my ticket out of here But for you, I fear, it’s much too late It’s nothing you can blame me for In love and war It’s every man for himself ‘ - Steppenwolf, *Every [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/26/every-man-for-himself/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/hallel-psalm-115-a-commitment-to-use-my-life/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/hallel-psalm-115-a-commitment-to-use-my-life/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:08:27 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6269 This question was asked before Rabbi Tanchum of Neway: What about extinguishing a burning lamp for a sick man on the Sabbath? — Thereupon he commenced and spoke: You, Solomon, where is your wisdom and where is thine understanding? It is not enough for you that your words contradict the words of your father David, [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/hallel-psalm-115-a-commitment-to-use-my-life/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/second-temple-era-seal-discovered/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/second-temple-era-seal-discovered/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:05:25 +0000 developer http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6263 The Israel Antiquities Authority unveiled a rare ancient seal that underscores the bond of the Jewish people to Jerusalem. The tiny clay seal, that likely certified the purity of ritual objects used in the Second Temple, was discovered in an excavation near the Temple Mount. December 25, 2011 The Israel Antiquities Authority press release: A first of its [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/second-temple-era-seal-discovered/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/hallel-rosh-chodesh-tevet-third-paragraph/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/hallel-rosh-chodesh-tevet-third-paragraph/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:59:37 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6261 The Theme of this paragraph of Hallel is Trusting God: See “Hallel Rosh Chodesh Tevet: Paragraph Three”  “Trusters” and “Chanukah Hallel Paragraph Three: Becoming Trusters.” “Let all those who put their trust in You rejoice (Psalms 5:12),” because You took vengeance upon Babylon (Tenth of Tevet); “let them ever shout for joy,” because in Persia, You [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/hallel-rosh-chodesh-tevet-third-paragraph/feed/ 0 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