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/2010/10/29/it-takes-a-thief/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/10/29/it-takes-a-thief/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:58:36 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=3765 He is a great friend and neighbor. He is well-read, intelligent, insightful, and generous. So, when Debbie and I were stuck in Brooklyn and needed something from the house, we called him for help. The problem was that he didn’t (pretended to not) have a key. We needed a cat burglar, not a scholar [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/10/29/it-takes-a-thief/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/10/28/eshet-chayil-the-dignifier/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/10/28/eshet-chayil-the-dignifier/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:24:41 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=3728 “Distinctive in the councils is her husband, when he sits with the elders of the land.” Clearly, the Midrash credits the accomplishments of the great men of the bible to their wives. However, not every husband merits or deserves to sit among the elders of the land. Is the Woman of Valor defined by her [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/10/28/eshet-chayil-the-dignifier/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/05/20/pythagoras-cholent-and-tznius-modesty/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/05/20/pythagoras-cholent-and-tznius-modesty/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 06:03:10 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/06/08/pythagoras-cholent-and-tznius-modesty/ Pythagorus had a lot of influence for a man who probably never existed. The Pythagoreans invented their founder, including the manner of his death. Pyhthagoras had a strong revulsion to beans. He would definitely never have eaten Shabbat afternoon Cholent, and not because of its natural effects on the stomach, but because beans are [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/05/20/pythagoras-cholent-and-tznius-modesty/feed/ 2