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/2012/01/17/what-kind-of-leader/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/17/what-kind-of-leader/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:39:13 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6402 When I heard a rabbi describe himself as, “the Rav Moshe Feinstein of our generation,” I realized that it’s not just presidential candidates who claim to be the reincarnation of Lincoln or Reagan, but people in all areas of life who claim to lead as did a great person from the past. It’s not always so [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/17/what-kind-of-leader/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/13/moment-to-decide/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/13/moment-to-decide/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:43:33 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6399 Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, some great decision, offering each the bloom or blight, And the choice goes by forever, ‘twixt that darkness and that light. – James Lowell, 1845 “It happened in those days that Moses grew [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/13/moment-to-decide/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/12/all-in-the-family/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/12/all-in-the-family/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:01:27 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6390 “A man went from the house of Levi and he took a daughter of Levi (Exodus 2:1).” [We have discussed the absence of proper names in “Table Talk–Shemot I."] Perhaps this verse informs us of one of the reasons that the Children of Israel fell into the trap of slavery: “a man from the house of [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/12/all-in-the-family/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/05/laban%e2%80%99s-gasconade/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/05/laban%e2%80%99s-gasconade/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:00:46 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6383 “Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant (Michel de Montaigne).” We have been tracing Jacobs steps as he sets out with his “Two Way Vision,” to reverse the steps taken by all since Adam was expelled from the [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/05/laban%e2%80%99s-gasconade/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/05/so-what/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/05/so-what/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:17:11 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6386 Many of the essays posted on The Foundation Stone have “Machberes Avodas Hashem” (The Service of God Notebooks) credited as the author. These essays are based on thoughts I’ve jotted down over the years to remember all the significant ideas I learn, hear, and read, and, what is more important, to figure out ways to [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/05/so-what/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/05/haftarah-vayechi-reading-the-text-david-and-yoav-ii-amasa-introduction/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/05/haftarah-vayechi-reading-the-text-david-and-yoav-ii-amasa-introduction/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:20:25 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6381 “Now you yourself know what Yoav son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Yeter. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood he stained the belt around his waist and the [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/05/haftarah-vayechi-reading-the-text-david-and-yoav-ii-amasa-introduction/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/05/the-character-in-the-storm-part-two/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/05/the-character-in-the-storm-part-two/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:42:53 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6379 We left off in “The Character in the Storm” with Rachel, having incorporated Jacob’s lessons (“Strength from Brokenness“) in her relationship with Leah, but wondering whether Leah understood Rachel’s message. I wonder whether Jacob was prepared for the storm that awaited him upon his return home. We must also see how Jacob incorporated the gains [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/05/the-character-in-the-storm-part-two/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/05/vayhi-zealotry-and-tolerance-by-david-hazony/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/05/vayhi-zealotry-and-tolerance-by-david-hazony/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:38:55 +0000 developer http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6377 The time of patriarchs was reaching its end. Jacob was dying, and alongside his dictation of burial arrangements, he also gave final words to his twelve sons, words in which he would tell them “what will befall you in the end of days.” We usually read them as his final “blessings.” But in the case [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/05/vayhi-zealotry-and-tolerance-by-david-hazony/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/04/haftarah-vayechi-reading-the-text-david-and-yoav-i-abner-part-four/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/04/haftarah-vayechi-reading-the-text-david-and-yoav-i-abner-part-four/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:30:47 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6368 In our journey of “Balance,” “David, Yoav & Abner I,” “Part Two,” and, “Part Three,” we’ve been studying David’s opening charge to Solomon urging him to balance his dual roles as person and king (Be a Man). We have watched as Joab battles the king’s sense of balance, and how he was willing to place [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/04/haftarah-vayechi-reading-the-text-david-and-yoav-i-abner-part-four/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/04/haftarah-vayechi-reading-the-text-david-and-yoav-i-abner-part-three/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/04/haftarah-vayechi-reading-the-text-david-and-yoav-i-abner-part-three/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:05:26 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6366 It is clear in “Balance,” “David, Yoav & Abner I,” and “Part Two,” that David’s opening charge to Solomon is to urge him to balance his dual roles as person and king (Be a Man). We’ve begun to see how Joab is anti-balance, and why David includes his instructions regarding Joab in his opening charge. [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/04/haftarah-vayechi-reading-the-text-david-and-yoav-i-abner-part-three/feed/ 0