http://blog.thefoundationstone.org Learn & discover the Divine prophecies with Rabbi Simcha Weinberg from The Foundation Stone Blog Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2013/03/16/location-location-location/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2013/03/16/location-location-location/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:48:22 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=2135 I returned to Van Cortland Park today for the first time since the winter began. A four and half mile walk is, well, a walk in the park compared to an hour on a treadmill. (On My Terms) It’s not simply that I can fool myself into believing that I burned more [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2013/03/16/location-location-location/feed/ 4 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2013/01/07/as-the-mourning-ends/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2013/01/07/as-the-mourning-ends/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:29:19 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6622 The most poignant part of sitting Shiva for my mother a”h was observing my nieces and nephews and their children caring for us, the older generation. I envied these people for being able to honor their parents by bringing food and drinks, and doing all they could to make us comfortable. They had an opportunity [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2013/01/07/as-the-mourning-ends/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2013/01/07/which-attribute/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2013/01/07/which-attribute/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:51:25 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6619 I was fluctuating between sadness and inspiration when I finished reading Rohinton Mistry’s.”A Fine Balance.” I have yet to shed the horrible cruelties powerfully described. The caste system, misuse of power, the desperate search for work, forced castration, and the hopeless lives of the masses helped me understand what the Children of Israel experienced in [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2013/01/07/which-attribute/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2013/01/06/reflections-on-a-monument/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2013/01/06/reflections-on-a-monument/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:13:27 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6616 While yet a young man, Tycho Brahe discovered a new star, and the discovery brought him fame at home and in many distant lands. Denmark had a King then who was a patron of learning, and the King built an observatory for Tycho at the center of a small island, Tycho and Tycho named the [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2013/01/06/reflections-on-a-monument/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/09/12/listing-who-matters/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/09/12/listing-who-matters/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:33:04 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6590 It wasn’t boring; it was moving. I intended to listen to the reading of the names of the victims of the 9-11 attacks for just a few moments to honor those who died on that tragic day. I ended up listening for quite a while. It may have been the recital of a long list [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/09/12/listing-who-matters/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/07/24/kinah-37-miraculous-life/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/07/24/kinah-37-miraculous-life/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:00:38 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=2708 Everything about Israel, when the Temple was standing, was different, even the animals: Never did serpent or scorpion injure anyone in Jerusalem. (Yoma 21a) The Talmud describes how some of the great Rabbis continued to live with such miracles even after the Temple was destroyed: Rabbi Phinehas happened to come to a certain inn. They placed barley [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/07/24/kinah-37-miraculous-life/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/03/28/there-is-a-school-in-monsey-ii/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/03/28/there-is-a-school-in-monsey-ii/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:56:14 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6531 I once posted an article, “There is a school in Monsey,” describing the great achievements, awareness, sensitivity and Chesed of Ateres Bais Yaakov in Monsey, NY. They’ve done it again: While thinking of a nice winter vacation, most of us would come up with destinations such as Florida, or any other sunny place on the globe. Many of my [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/03/28/there-is-a-school-in-monsey-ii/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/03/13/measure-twice-cut-once-by-prof-gerald-august/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/03/13/measure-twice-cut-once-by-prof-gerald-august/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:42:44 +0000 developer http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6519 Did the Torah get it wrong the first time it listed what to make in the tabernacle? Why do we need a repetition of the same specifications? This is a duplication of the same excruciating details. What’s the point? The Torah could have used that space to state the 39 things you are prohibited to [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/03/13/measure-twice-cut-once-by-prof-gerald-august/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/02/24/giving-or-taking/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/02/24/giving-or-taking/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:56:15 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6444 An interesting thing happens as siblings choose which items to take from the home of a deceased parent; they are simultaneously giving and taking. When we say to another, “Here, take this Kiddush cup,” we are giving to each other, but there is an assumed taking in the process; by assuming those rights, we are [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/02/24/giving-or-taking/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/02/15/soft-healing/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/02/15/soft-healing/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:13:01 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6434 “And he shall provide for healing (Exodus 21:19).” Whenever the Bible mentions the word Refuah, healing, when applied to a human being, the letter Peh always appears with a Dagesh, a dot in the center, making the consonant P, rather than F. For instance, “We tried to cure Babylon but she was incurable (Jeremiah 51:9),” [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/02/15/soft-healing/feed/ 1