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/2012/02/03/the-mother-i-did-not-know/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/02/03/the-mother-i-did-not-know/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:26:19 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6408 The most important thing I learned about my mother while sitting Shivah is that I did not know her. I knew that she was involved in numerous projects, establishing a Bikur Cholim in Baltimore, helping abused women, building a day care center for developmentally challenged adults, teaching, outreach, counselor, creating the Ner Israel Service League that [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/02/03/the-mother-i-did-not-know/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/13/nurse-reveals-top-5-regrets-of-the-dying/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/13/nurse-reveals-top-5-regrets-of-the-dying/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:10:37 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6393 From Arise India Forum: “For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/13/nurse-reveals-top-5-regrets-of-the-dying/feed/ 0 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/2012/01/01/a-different-sort-of-new-year-by-debbie-brenner/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/01/a-different-sort-of-new-year-by-debbie-brenner/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:01:30 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6331 Excitement was reigning in the faces of thousands of people waiting for 2011 to be over. 10, 9 8 ….. 1 Happy New Year!!!!! All wishing each other the best, hopes and dreams to be hopefully realized in this coming year.  People hugged, smiled, shouted, felt united with strangers in Times Square to be able [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/01/a-different-sort-of-new-year-by-debbie-brenner/feed/ 2 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/23/%e2%80%9cdancing-with-the-stars%e2%80%9d-and-the-acquisition-of-true-beauty/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/23/%e2%80%9cdancing-with-the-stars%e2%80%9d-and-the-acquisition-of-true-beauty/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:48:09 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6234 Written by Debbie Isaacman Dancing with the Stars is one of my favorite shows! I look forward to watching the glitzy and dazzling costumes, the music which moves us to feel such a wide range of emotions from the quick paced rhythmic beats to the lyrical flow of music used for the waltz. Then of course there [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/23/%e2%80%9cdancing-with-the-stars%e2%80%9d-and-the-acquisition-of-true-beauty/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/14/the-gift-of-the-view/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/14/the-gift-of-the-view/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:35:10 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6205 I received the following story in an email from Dr Menachem Seuss HaKohen: Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/14/the-gift-of-the-view/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/09/humor-can-save-the-day-by-prof-gerald-august/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/09/humor-can-save-the-day-by-prof-gerald-august/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:22:31 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6193 Sometimes humor can take a serious situation and turn it around. A few years ago I was working with a senior Human Resources executive and he told me the following story. He was the HR specialist for a large hospital and was in charge of negotiating with the union. However, in this particular negotiation, bitterness was evident [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/09/humor-can-save-the-day-by-prof-gerald-august/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/11/23/a-letter-from-israel%e2%80%99s-border-with-egypt/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/11/23/a-letter-from-israel%e2%80%99s-border-with-egypt/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:24:56 +0000 developer http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6178 My name is Aron Adler.   I am 25 years old, was born in Brooklyn NY, and raised in Efrat Israel. Though very busy, I don’t view my life as unusual. Most of the time, I am just another Israeli citizen. During the day I work as a paramedic in Magen David Adom, Israel’s national EMS service. At night, I’m [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/11/23/a-letter-from-israel%e2%80%99s-border-with-egypt/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/11/23/thanksgiving-take-note-be-grateful-enjoy-by-prof-gerald-august/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/11/23/thanksgiving-take-note-be-grateful-enjoy-by-prof-gerald-august/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:22:17 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6175 What do a bracha (blessing) and Thanksgiving have in common? A bracha’s essential element is to recognize a good that was done for us and to express appreciation for that good. It is gratitude, and gratitude is the essential ingredient for a human being to be happy. If you expect nothing and get something, you’re happy. [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/11/23/thanksgiving-take-note-be-grateful-enjoy-by-prof-gerald-august/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/29/feeling-vulnerable-kavod-hatorah-ii/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/29/feeling-vulnerable-kavod-hatorah-ii/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:14:20 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6006 I’m feeling vulnerable! Just when we thought the worst was over and moved everything back outside, the wind began to really blow! A huge tree just in front of our home blew down pulling the electrical cables with it, and put the entire neighborhood into the dark. The tree just missed our car. It fell on [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/29/feeling-vulnerable-kavod-hatorah-ii/feed/ 2