http://blog.thefoundationstone.org Learn & discover the Divine prophecies with Rabbi Simcha Weinberg from The Foundation Stone Blog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:52:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/09/03/a-bed-of-doorknobs/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/09/03/a-bed-of-doorknobs/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:44:39 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=3255 People we don’t really know offered their home on the ocean to Debbie and me for some quiet time. It’s beautiful, spacious, full of personality, and, wow! What a view! (there may be no angels in LA, but there sure are some wonderful people!) I forgot about the traffic in this area, so was shocked when [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/09/03/a-bed-of-doorknobs/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/30/an-appreciation-of-kindred-souls/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/30/an-appreciation-of-kindred-souls/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:02:58 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=3195 I teach and study with people in Israel, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Australia, Monsey, Passaic, Brooklyn, Monroe, Tribeca, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and St. Louis. Most are not the most learned people. They would not be the normative superstars in Yeshiva or Beit Yaakov. But there are no other people with whom I would rather stand before [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/30/an-appreciation-of-kindred-souls/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/29/rosh-hashanah-prayers-hashem-melech/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/29/rosh-hashanah-prayers-hashem-melech/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:59:10 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=3182 “God is King. God was King. God will be King forever.” Once I heard Rabbi Zweig’s lecture on the Portion of the Week for the first time, I decided that I would make him my Rebbi. The next morning I was waiting outside his home to walk him to Yeshiva. I had a list of [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/29/rosh-hashanah-prayers-hashem-melech/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/29/dead-rock-stars-by-reb-sam-glaser/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/29/dead-rock-stars-by-reb-sam-glaser/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:11:52 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=3177 I am thrilled to offer another superb essay by my dear friend, true Ba’al Tefillah, Reb Sam Glaser, with important reflections appropriate to this time of Teshuva: One thing we share as human beings is a deep, unspoken connection to our past.  Intense events that stick to our psyches like a thistle in a ball [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/29/dead-rock-stars-by-reb-sam-glaser/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/27/the-best-form-of-birth-control-by-sam-glaser-master-of-prayer/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/27/the-best-form-of-birth-control-by-sam-glaser-master-of-prayer/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:19:02 +0000 developer http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=3142 Jewish parents that care about bringing up a generation of Jewishly connected kids usually choose to send their offspring to day school.  In fact, for many parents it’s not even optional.  It is the ultimate weapon to fight ignorance and assimilation and create a powerful, informed Jewish identity.  The schools ease you in: preschool [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/27/the-best-form-of-birth-control-by-sam-glaser-master-of-prayer/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/25/the-things-we-carry/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/25/the-things-we-carry/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:35:40 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=3097 Two monks, as part of their vows, have promised never again to touch a woman. One day, while walking, they come to the edge of a river, where an astonishingly beautiful woman stands. Unable to cross unaided, she asks the monks for help. The first monk refuses, explaining that to help her would require [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/25/the-things-we-carry/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/11/the-hug-a-true-story/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/11/the-hug-a-true-story/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:39:56 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=2919 Dvir Aminolav was the first Israeli soldier killed in the 2008 Gaza War. His mother Dalya missed Dvir, terribly. One night before she went to bed, she said in a loud voice: “G-d, give me a sign, give me a hug from Dvir so that I will know that his death had some meaning.” That [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/11/the-hug-a-true-story/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/06/the-next-step/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/06/the-next-step/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:41:04 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=2860 “Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.” William Blake I’ve been mulling Blake’s words all week. I admit that although I have a sense of what he means, I am not certain. The Seven Weeks of Nechama address deep, deep sorrow, leading into the Days of Awe, which culminate in The Time of Our Joy. [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/06/the-next-step/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/04/kumbay-aaaaah/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/04/kumbay-aaaaah/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:42:40 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=2843 Thomas Friedman favors sharing a Kumbaya moment with people who would never sit in such a circle of friendship: “There are several reasons why I don’t object to a mosque being built near the World Trade Center site, but the key reason is my affection for Broadway show tunes. Let me explain. A couple weeks [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/04/kumbay-aaaaah/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/03/just-the-one-shechem-ii/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/03/just-the-one-shechem-ii/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:16:02 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=2812 “It shall be that when God, your Lord, brings you to the land to which you come, to possess it, then you shall deliver the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, far from Gilgal, near the Plains of Moreh? (Deuteronomy [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/03/just-the-one-shechem-ii/feed/ 1